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Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann
National Library of Ireland
Collection List 18
Florence O’Donoghue Papers
(Mss 31,130 – 31,553)
(Accession 2689)
Papers of Florence O’Donoghue, manuscripts and newscuttings
mainly relating to I.R.B. and I.R.A. c. 1912-67
Compiled by Catherine Fahy
1CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................3
I. Documents and copy documents, letters, journals relating to Irish Volunteers
and National events, 1912-July 1921 ..........................................................................6
II. Florence O’Donoghue’s working notebooks, Oct. 1917 – Mar. 1923...............11
III. Oglaigh Na hÉireann, G.H.Q., Dublin: Orders, despatches etc. to Cork, .....13
May 1917-April 1921 .................................................................................................13
IV. Cork and Kerry brigades/1st Southern Division Intelligence reports, Brigade
Orders, operational memoranda, Sept. 1918 - Dec. 1921.......................................15
V. British army and R.I.C. documents, telephone transcripts, c.l920 - April 1922
......................................................................................................................................19
VI. The I.R.B. Constitution, 1920-23........................................................................22
VII. I.R.B. Supreme Council correspondence with the South, 1921-22................23
VIII. Treaty and Civil War period, Liam Lynch and the I.R.B., Nov. 1921 - Nov.
1922..............................................................................................................................25
IX. General correspondence and work in progress by Florence O’Donoghue ....29
X. Miscellaneous statements, letters etc. re the period c. 1916-1923.....................40
XI. Documents and Correspondence re Statements of Evidence for Military
Service Pensions Board, 1935-1962. .........................................................................42
XII. Second World War and F. O’D.’s Service in the Southern Command
Supplementary Intelligence Service, 1940 – 1951. ..................................................45
XIII. Bureau of Military History..............................................................................46
XIV. Florence O’Donoghue’s notebooks and loose notes, c.1947-66 ....................57
XV. Miscellaneous chronologies, 1893 – 1923 .........................................................59
XVI. Diarmuid Lynch Mss and the IRB and the 1916 rising, 1918-62 .................60
XVII. Liam Lynch and No Other law, 1945-66.......................................................65
XVIII. Tomás Mac Curtain, 1936-64 .......................................................................71
XIX. Irish Volunteers in Cork to 1916.....................................................................72
XX. Miscellaneous undated articles by Florence O’Donoghue .............................73
XXI. Obituaries, memorials, annual commemoration ceremonies, 1929-67........74
XXII. Newsclippings and typescript extracts from newspapers, c. 1916-57.........77
XXIII. Miscellaneous files, books and pamphlets, 1902-61....................................79
XXIV. American pamplets, statements, 1905-61 ....................................................80
XXV. Photographs and related material, 1914-66..................................................81
XXVI. Newspaper files, 1914-32 ...............................................................................83
2INTRODUCTION
Florence O'Donoghue (1895-18 December 1967) was an Irish Historian and head of
intelligence of the Cork No. 1 Brigade of the Irish Republican Army during the War
of independence. He was born in Rathmore Co Kerry in 1895. He moved to Cork in
1910, where he worked as an apprentice in the drapery trade.
Military life
The 1916 Easter Rising was a pivotal moment in O’Donoghue’s life. In December
1916, Florence joined the Cork branch of the Irish Volunteers. In early 1917 he was
elected unanimously 1st Lieutenant of the Cyclist Company and as result devoted all
his spare time to volunteer work. He began writing weekly for two years for the Irish
World newspaper. By May 1917, he was sworn into the Irish republican Brotherhood
(IRB) and in October, Tomás MacCurtain appointed O'Donoghue as communications
of the Cork Brigade. He replaced Pat Higgins as Brigade Adjutant in February 1917.
O'Donoghue was a key organiser in the sensational jail-break of Captain Donnchadha
Mac Niallghuis on Armistice Day 1918 and took personal responsibility for his
protection. Michael Collins was the last officer from Volunteers General Headquarters
to visit Cork shortly after Christmas 1919 until the truce in 1921.
O'Donoghue built up an intelligence network and agents which included his future
wife, Josephine Marchment. She was head female clerk at the 6th Division
Headquarters at Victoria Barracks, Cork and passed on secret British Army
correspondence to him. Florence recruited people to open letters, tap phone lines and
intercept telegrams. The Irish Republican Army had 2,000 active members in Cork
which were also used for intelligence gathering. By March 1920, after killing a RIC
Inspector, Florence was on the run and serving full time in the Irish Republican Army.
In November that year, the Cork Brigade killed six British Amy Officers and executed
five Cork civilians on suspicion of spying.
After two and a half years of fighting, a truce was agreed on 11 July 1921. The Dáil
approved the Anglo Irish Treaty, in January 1922. The country was divided into pro-
and anti-treaty camps. Over the coming months and after being elected onto the
army’s executive as Adjutant-General, O'Donoghue warned of the dangers of an Irish
Civil War. In June 1922, he resigned from the army's national executive and a month
later, on 3 July 1922, from the army. Civil war did break out on June 28, 1922
between pro and anti treaty factions, much to O'Donoghue's dismay.
During the civil war, he remained neutral and tried to organise a truce to end the
fighting. In December 1922, he formed a group called the ‘Neutral IRA’ , along with
Sean Hegarty, composed of pro-truce IRA men. O'Donoghue claimed he had 20,000
members in this group. He campaigned for a month's truce between the two sides, so
that a political compromise could be reached. However, his efforts came to nothing
and in March 1923, he wound up the "Neutral IRA", judging that its objectives could
not be achieved. The civil war ended in late April 1923. He served as Major in the
Irish Army from 1939-1946. He formed a Supplementary Intelligence Service that
would remain behind enemy lines in the event of an invasion. He also taught guerrilla
war tactics to new army recruits.
Home life
Florence married Josephine Marchment in April 1921 and had four children. There
were also two children from Josephine’s first marriage. He became a rate collector
and remained outside politics.
3In later years he became a respected historian. While in the army he edited An
Cosantoir, the Irish Army’s magazine. He convinced Eamon De Valera to establish
the Bureau of Military History which would record personal accounts from the Irish
War of Independence. O'Donoghue was a recording officer until 1948. His 4
most famous work is his biography on Liam Lynch, entitled No Other Law.
O'Donoghue died on 18 December 1967.
Florence O’Donoghue Papers
The library acquired the collection in the 1980s. The collection is arranged under
various headings. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, copies of
British Army Intelligence documents, newspaper clippings, notes, articles, pamphlets
and other material relating to the Irish Army and the War of Independence.
Summary
Mss. 31,130-78: Documents and copy documents, letters, journals
etc. re Irish Volunteers and national events
1912 - July 1921.
Mss. 31,179-89: F. O’Donoghue’s working notebooks as an officer of the
Irish Volunteers, Cork and of the IRB, Oct. 19l7-Mar. 1923.
Mss. 31,190-95: Oglaigh na hEireann, G.H.Q., Dublin: orders, dispatches etc, to
Cork, May 1917 - Apr. 1921.
Mss. 31,196-222: Cork and Kerry Brigades, 1st Southern Division, intelligence
reports, brigade orders, operations memoranda etc., Sept. 1918
- Dec. 1921.
Mss. 31,223-32: Copy/captured British army and R.I.C. documents,
telephone transcripts etc., c. 1920 - April 1922.
Mss. 31,233-36: The I.R.B. Constitution, 1920-23.
Ms. 31,237 I.R.B.: Supreme Council: correspondence with District and
County Centres in the South, Mar. 1921 - Mar. 1922.
Mss. 31,238-62: Treaty and Civil War period, Liam Lynch and the IRB,
Nov. 1921 - Nov. 1924.
Mss. 31,263-320: General correspondence and work in progress by
F. O’D., 1925-67.
Mss. 31,321-339: Miscellaneous statements, letters, etc. re the period c. 1916-
1923 collected by F. O’D, 1964-7
Mss. 31,340 -343: Documents and correspondence re statements of evidence
Required by the Military Service Pensions Board for the period
c. 1916-23, 1935-62.
4Mss. 31,344-51: Second World War and F.O’D.’s service in the Irish army’s
Southern Command Supplementary Intelligence Service, 1940-
51.
Mss. 31,352 Bureau of Military History: correspondence re its setting up and
general operations. 1946-60.
Mss. 31,353-54: Bureau of Military History: minutes, Director’s reports etc.,
1947-60.
Mss. 31,355 -62: Bureau of Military History: F.O’D.’s work as a BMH
researcher, 1945-51.
Mss. 31,363-75: Bureau of Military History: statements of witnesses collected
by F.O’D. with associated correspondence and notes, 1947-57.
Mss. 31,376-77: Bureau of Military History: questionnaire and chronologies,
1948-50.
Mss. 31,378-97: F. O’Donoghue’s notebooks and loose notes, c.1947-66.
Mss. 31,398-402: Miscellaneous chronologies for 1893-1923, n.d.
Mss. 31,403-420: Diarmuid Lynch Mss, and The IRB and the 1916 Rising, 1918-
62.
Mss. 31,421-28: Liam Lynch and No other Law 1945-66.
Mss. 31,429-36: Tomas Mac Curtain, 1936-64.
Mss. 31,437-39: Irish Volunteers in Cork to 1916, n.d.
Mss. 31,440-43: Miscellaneous undated articles by F. O’D.
Mss. 31,444-58: Obituaries, memorials, annual commemoration ceremonies,
1929-67.
Mss. 31,459-82: Newsclippings and typescript extracts from newspapers,
c.1916-67.
Mss. 31,483-89: Miscellaneous files, books and pamphlets, 1902-61.
Mss. 31,490-92: American pamphlets, statements etc, 1905-61.
Mss. 31,493-514: Photographs etc., 1914-66.
Mss. 31,515-53: Newspaper files, 1914-32.
5I. Documents and copy documents, letters, journals relating to Irish Volunteers
and National events, 1912-July 1921
Ms. 31,130 Fianna Eireann Constitution, 8p.
1912
Ms. 31,131 Copy letters by Roger Casement to Mr Horgan, news from Hamburg
19 Dec. 1913; and from New York re Irish participation in the war,
28 Sept. 1914, 20p. 1913-14
Ms. 31,132 Typescript copy minutes of the Cork Volunteers Executive,
3 copies, 3 x 15p. 18 July-3 Oct. 1914
Ms. 31,133 Correspondence, notes, documents and copy documents re M. Talbot
Crosbie and the split in the Cork Corps of the Irish Volunteers in
Aug.-Oct. 1914 [used in F. O’Donoghue’s Tomás Mac Curtain], 23p.
1914
Ms. 31,134 Election literature on behalf of William O’Brien, Maurice Healy and
others in Cork, 4 items. 1915-18
‘Telegram from Mr. Wm. Redmond to Mr. John Redmond’
‘The situation in Ireland: speeches ….’
‘God bless the budget’
‘An all Ireland memento, Christmas 1918’
Ms. 31,135 Oration of P.H. Pearse over Rossa’s grave. Dublin, [1915].
Ms. 31,136 ‘Student’s notebook’ with signature of Michael Leahy on cover
containing reports of parades and target practice, 13 February-25
April [1915] and minutes of an [Irish Volunteer] meeting held 26
August 1915 with notes on the participants made in 1947
by Florence O’Donoghue. 1915
Ms. 31,137 Documents and copy documents issued by the Irish Volunteers, 4
items.1915
‘The Present crises: manifesto … 15 July 1915’
‘Fianna Fáil-Irish Volunteers H.Q. … July 1915’
‘Howth anniversary … July 27th 1915’
‘Oglaigh na hEireann-Irish Volunteers: Arms and ammunition: a
collection …
10 Oct.1915’.
Ms. 31,138 Irish War Savings Committee: Why we should save and how,
Dublin, August 1915.
Ms. 31,139 Typescript copy diary of Terence MacSwiney 26 Sept.-25 Dec. 1915,
mainly re his Volunteer activities; newsclipping of a letter by T. Mac
Sweeney 22 Feb. 1916; copy short diary ... 25-31 May 1916.
6Sept. 1915-May 1916
Ms. 31,140 Copy typescript translations from Irish of the diaries of Tomás
MacCurtain April 1916-Sept.. 1919, and of his account of Easter
Week 1916. With minutes of Cork County Council 30 Jan.-
29 April 1920, c.50p.
April 19l6-Sept. 1919
30 Jan.-29 April 1920
Ms. 31,141 Photostat and typescript copies of letter from T.C. Butterfield
to Capt. Dickie, 30 April 1916 and letter calling for the
surrender of arms by Capt. Dickie, 1st May 1916, with
annotations, 3 items.
30 April-1 May 1916
Ms. 31,142 Ms. and typescript copy extracts from the Cork Free Press [re
breaking of the Cork treaty] 13p.
May 1916
Ms. 31,143 British government publications relating to affairs in Ireland:
Royal Commission on the Rebellion in Ireland: Report, 1916;
Royal Commission on the arrest and subsequent treatment of Mr.
Francis Sheehy Skeffington, Mr. Thomas Dickson and Mr. Patrick
James McIntyre, 1916; Outrages (Ireland); returns, 1920;
Documents relative to the Sinn Féin movement, 1921; Report of
Mallow Court of Inquiry, 1921; Intercourse between Bolshevism
and Sinn Féin, 1921.
1916-21
Ms. 31,144 Pamphlets relating to Thomas Ashe. 1917-18
‘Oration delivered by Comdt. Thomas Ashe at Casement’s Fort,
Ardfert, Co. Kerry, 5 Aug. 1918’
‘The last poem of Thomas Ashe’
‘The sacrifice of Thomas Ashe’ Seán Ó Cathasaigh, Dublin, 1918.
Ms. 31,145 Florence O’Donoghue’s membership card of the Irish Volunteers.
c.1917
Ms. 31,146 Journal of international and home affairs kept by Liam de Roiste,
chairman of the Sinn Féin Executive in Cork. Includes descriptions
of Sinn Féin Ard Fheiseanna, references to Tomas MacCurtain, De
Valera’s visit to Cork in Dec. 1917, food shortage in Cork,
conscription etc., 3 vol.
Feb. 1917-May 1918
Ms. 31,147 Letter of the Bishop of Limerick refused publication, 2p.
1 May 1917
Ms. 31,148 Typescript copy documents, Nov. 1917-May 1921
Notes re meeting at sea, n.d.
7Sinn Féin North-East Club, Cork: ‘English law and order in
Ireland, 28 Nov. 1917.’
Tadg Barry, H.M. Prison, Usk, Man, to Sean Courtney, 8 Dec. 1918
Bishop of Cork’s pastoral letter, Dec. 1920,
Doctor’s statement re injuries to Jeremiah and Cornelius Delaney
and William Dunlea, 28 Dec. 1920.
Note re shooting of Aldernan Barry, Nov. 1921.
Order to Julia Wallace to close her shop, 14 May 1921.
Ms. 31,149 The Case for Ireland restated to the President of the United
States of America on Independence Day 1918. Dublin, 1918.
Ms. 31,150 ‘Activities. Waterford Brigade (County), Ref. A9’: typescript
notes taken from a file of contemporary records of the
activities’ of the Waterford Brigade.
May 1918-June 1921
Ms. 31,151 Oglaigh na hEireann: Instructions for the chaplain of the
Fianna on active service. Signed D.ÓC., Sagart, F. Fáil,
11 D. Foghmhair, 1918.
Instructions issued by Fr. Dominic printed as Appendix 6 in
Tomás Mac Curtain. With 6 copies, 7 items.
11 Oct. 1918
Ms. 31,152 Cumann na mBan: letters re arrangements to use Cork City Hall,
appointment of Máire Uí Chondheabháin as Secretary, suspensions
from membership, 3 items.
2 Dec. 1918-8 Jan. 1919
Ms. 31,153 Letters by Peter Mac Neillis, Donnchadh Mac Neillis and Risteard
Ó Mathónuigh [to Florence O’Donoghue?], 10 items.
6 Dec.1918 - 8 Jan. 1919
Ms. 31,154 Michael Collins, Dublin to Florence O’Donoghue, autograph letter
signed acknowledging receipt of various communications and
proposing Dick Mulcahy or M. Staines to give a lecture, lp.
16 Jan. 1919
Ms. 31,155 Leaflets: ‘Strike in Lewes jail’: ‘The Worker’s bulletin’,
No. 13, 3 April 1919.
Ms. 31,156 Copy order prohibiting Countess Markievicz from holding a
meeting in Cork, lp.
17 May 1919
Ms. 31,157 Warning note addressed to Tomás MacCurtain.
18 Oct. 1919
Ms. 31,158 Frank D. Doyle’s permit under Defence of the Realm regulations to
have a motor car.
830 Nov. 1919
Ms. 31,159 Sinn Féin circular re the founding of a Protection Association under
the auspices of Dáil Eireann, 1p.
c. 1920
Ms. 31,160 Typescript copy of the evidence given at the inquest into Tomás
MacCurtain’s death sent to F.O’D. by Ann MacSwiney in 1954, 26p.
Mar. -Apr. 1920
Ms, 31,161 (1-2) Inquest on Tomás Mac Curtain: copy of Cork Examiner reports,
22 Mar. - 19 April 1920. Typescript with names of jury and index of
witnesses, 2 copies, 2 x 262p.
Mar. -Apr. 1920
Ms. 31,162 Newspaper clippings and copy extracts re murder of Tomás Mac
Curtain, 5 items.
Mar.-Apr. 1920
Ms. 31,163 Copy letter froth [Terence McSwiney] to Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Arnott re the murder of Tomás MacCurtain, 4p.
24 April 1920
Ms. 31,164 American recognition of Irish independence: speech of Hon. Thomas
F. Smith of New York in the House of representatives, 1 June 1920,
Washington, 1920.
Ms. 31,165 Statement of Head Constable Daniel Sullivan, Mallow re ‘Fermoy
murder case’, 8-9 Sept. 1919. With typescript copy. [Used in No
other Law], 10p.
c.Aug. 1920
Ms. 31,166 Correspondence and copy correspondence of Philip-Harold Barry ex
High-Sheriff, Co. Cork, writing on behalf of the hunger strikers in
Cork Jail, with General Sir Neville Macready, T.J. Carroll, C.C., Sir
Hamar Greenwood, Lt. Commander [J.] Kenworthy and W. Wylie
K.C. With newspaper report, declaration re John Feore and covering
letter dated 1958, 13 items.
16 Sept.-3 Nov. 1920
1958
Ms. 31,167 Typescript copy statement by Kevin Barry re ill treatment in
prison Oct. 1920. 2p.
Oct. 1920
Ms. 31,168 Newsclipping re Terence Mac Swiney, 12 items
26 Oct. 1920
Ms. 31,169 Memorial cards for Terence MacSwiney, 3 items.
c. Nov. 1920
9Ms. 31,170 Letter from Fr. Dominic, Brigade Chaplain, to F. [O’D.] re
Bishop’s decree. With 5 copies.
15 Dec. 1920
Ms. 31,171 Bodkin (M.Mc.D): A considered judgement: report of Judge
Bodkin. Dublin, 1921
- :Another considered judgement: second report
of Judge Bodkin. Dublin 1921.
The Killing of Tomás Mac Curtain, Lord Mayor of Cork:
testimony given before the American commission on conditions in
Ireland by Miss Susanna Walsh and Miss Anna Walsh sisters of Mrs.
MacCurtain, Chicago, [1921].
The Labour Party: Report of the Labour Commission to Ireland,
London, 1921.
Ms. 31,172 Draft statement by F. O’D. to be made to an election committee
emphasising the need to highlight a Republican Policy, 1p.
1921?
Ms. 31,173 [Cork] Examiner, Mon. Feb. 28 [1921]: Captured in IRA H.Q.
Dublin: Proceedings of meeting held in Cork No. 2 area 6/1/21 Copy
typescript, 2p.
Jan.-Feb. 1921
Ms. 31,174 Draft/copy letter on Oglaigh na hEireann notepaper re death of
Sean Phelan at Upton.
c.15 Feb. 1921
Ms. 31,175 Ms. copy of a letter from Michael Collins as intelligence chief
to F.O’D. 7p.
15 Mar. 1921
Ms. 31,176 Letters from F. O’D. to ‘A Chara Dhilis’ describing
his life on the move round Cork and Kerry, 52p.
3 May-29 Aug. 1921
Ms. 31,177 Typescript copy statements signed by John O’Byrne, Peter
Connolly, John Ryan, Ned Croke re ill treatment they were
subjected to as prisoners, 2p.
June 1921
Ms. 31,178 Statements re death of Charles Daly, killed in June 1921, 15p.
c. July 1921
10II. Florence O’Donoghue’s working notebooks, Oct. 1917 – Mar. 1923
Ms. 31,179 Pocketbook containing notes on ‘Night operations’ 15/10/1917 -
3/12/1917; 18/12/17; copies of Limerick Brigade orders to mobilise
at Killonan 3 Sept. 1916; minutes of B.C. meetings 8/7/18 -
23/9/1918, cipher notes, notes re clothes? Oct. 1918.
Oct. 1917-Oct. 1918
Ms. 31,180 Small notebook indexing the Cork Battalions and companies with
lists of their officers, and giving details of communications routes,
c.80p.
[1918?]
Ms. 31,181 2 Notebooks containing carbon copies of letters sent by F. O’D …
H.Q., Cork Brigade to officers of the Cork Battalions while he was
O/C Communications and Acting Brigade Adjutant, 51p.
3 July-6 Sept. 1918
11 Jan.-22 Feb. 1919
Ms. 31,182 2 Pocketbooks containing notes by F. O’D. re Brigade Executive
meetings. With [notes] on need for cycle training, c.30p.
31 Oct. 1918-21 Jan. 19
Ms. 31,183 Pocketbook listing 1st Batt. - 21st Batt., a page to each battalion
[showing the companies in each battalion and the strength of each?],
11p.
c.1920
Ms. 31,184 Pages from a loose leaf notebook containing notes re Brigade and
Divisional meetings 7 May 1921-30 Jan. 1922, names and addresses,
misc. notes, c.40p.
7 May 1921-30 Jan. 1922
Ms. 31,185 Pocket diary for 1922, mostly blank, entries Jan.-Mar. recording F.
O’Donoghue’s whereabouts, divisional meetings etc.
Jan.-Mar. 1922
Ms. 31,186 Pocket notebook containing entries by F. O’D. for the periods 22
Feb. - April 1922, including detailed entries for Army convention
and meetings of the Supreme Council of the IRB in April, c.45p.
22 Feb.-April 1922
Ms. 31,187 Loose pages [copied?] from journals kept by F. O’D., 10p.
May-Aug. 1922
Ms. 31,188 Loose pages in F. O’Donoghue’s hand: ‘Administration notes’ re
administration of the army; minutes of proceedings of army
executive etc. June 1922. 6p.
c. June 1922
11Ms. 31,189 Diary containing entries by F. O’D. 4 Feb. - 14 March, 1923 [re
proceedings of Neutral Old IRA], With typescript copies of entries,
14p.
4 Feb.-14 Mar. 1923
12III. Oglaigh Na hÉireann, G.H.Q., Dublin: Orders, despatches etc. to Cork,
May 1917-April 1921
Ms. 31,190 Typescript copy Oglaigh na hÉireann Executive: [general order], 3p.
22 May 1917
Ms. 31,191 Oglaigh na hÉireann: G.H.Q., Dublin: ‘Duties of Irish Volunteers
during election contests’; ‘To Tomás MacCurtain, Comdt., Cork
Brigade: General instructions with reference to the duties of Irish
Volunteers in the General Election’ 2 items.
19 Nov. 1918
Ms. 31,192 (1-2)Irish Volunteers: General Head-quarters, Dublin: Despatches to
Cork No. 1 Brigade, 39 items, 26 Feb. 1920-18 Apr. 1921.
Date Source Subject
26-2-20 C of S. discipline
1-3-20 “ Lieut. Hazzleton
Apr. 1920? ? Terence Mac Sweeney
1 Apr. 1920 Adj. Gen. Volunteers leaving country
13 Apr. 1920 C of S. Cork prisoners
8 May 1920 Adj. Gen. Company areas, discipline,
robbery at Youghal
12 May 1920 “ Gilbert Powell, prisoner in Cork
Jail
13 July 1920 Director of Information Suspected Government Agent
19 July 1920 C of S. Police barracks, Retaliation, J.P.
20 July 1920 Director of Information Despatches received, RIC
constables
23 July 1920 Adj. Gen.? List of 20 houses to be destroyed
to combat commandeering of
houses by enemy
30 July 1920 - Information re Head Constable
Cahill
19 Aug. 1920 Adj. Gen. No communications received
21 Aug. 1920 Director of Information Cipher, enemy agents, Tom Hales
25 Aug. 1920 Director of Information Pearse, Head Constable Cahill
24 Sept. 1920 Adj. Gen. Reprisals at Queenstown
7 Oct. 1920 Director of Information Workers at Fords, Whelan
11 Oct. 1920 “ Information re various persons,
guns
19 Oct. 1920 [ “? ] Information re various persons,
guns, cipher
23 Oct. 1920 [ “? ] Tom Hales, Information re
various persons
10 Feb. 1921 - Copy information re Kelly
17 Feb. 1921 “ Incomplete, escorts from Cork,
Auxiliary Cos. in Cork Strickland
23 Feb. 1921 “ Information re various persons
28 Feb. 1921 C of S. Ordering 2 Volunteers to reportDate Source Subject
to Dublin
5 Mar. 1921 Organisation Dept. Local member of Cumann na Ban
to attend wounded
8 Mar. 1921 Director of Information permanent Observation men,
number of Active service men
too small
8 Mar. 1921 “ Incomplete, misc. information
8 Mar. 1921 “ Misc. information
15 Mar. 1921 “ “
19 Mar. 1921 “ “
22 Mar. 1921 “ Clonmult
31 Mar. 1921 Adj. Gen. Dependants of persons killed in
action or prison
5 April 1921 - Incomplete, Blarney murders,
Kelly’s letter re stool pigeon
7 April 1921 Director of Information Norton, boats, misc.
8 April 1921 “ Clonmult, Kerry Pike, Divisional
Commissioner, Allen, supplies
9 April 1921 “ Permission to engage 12 men,
enemy’s information Centres
14 April 1921 “ Misc., Michael Collins’ brother
14 April 1921 “ Enquiries Denis Lorden, Spike
Island
18 April 1921 “ Misc. letters coming from
America
Ms. 31,193 (1-2)Copy Oglaigh na hEireann. General Orders, 1920 (New series):
No. 4, 26 May 1920 ‘No action ... shall be taken ... except covered by
definite orders ...’
No. 6, 4 June 1920, ‘Boycott of R.I.C.’
No. 11, 23 July 1920, ‘Oath of allegiance to the Irish Republic to be
administered to All Volunteers’
Ms. 31,194 Irish Volunteers: General Headquarters to F. O’D. requesting his
formal vote for an oath of allegiance to Dáil Eireann
2 June 1920
Ms. 31,195 ‘The Divisional Idea’: text of a memorandum issued by G.H.Q. of
the Irish Volunteers c. Mar. 1921 [reproduced in No Other Law as
appendix 2.] 3p.
c. Mar. 1921IV. Cork and Kerry brigades/1st Southern Division Intelligence reports, Brigade
Orders, operational memoranda, Sept. 1918 - Dec. 1921
Ms. 31,196 Oglaigh na hEireann: Cork Brigade HQ: Brigade Orders, Nos. 1-7, re
numbering of orders, monthly reports, numbering of battalions,
information re police, communications, chaplains, election. With
communication orders re despatch riders, correspondence re An
tOglach, instructions re Quartermasters, 13 items.
7 Sept.-23 Nov. 1918
Ms. 31,197 Correspondence re selection of men from units of the Cork Brigades,
6p.
Oct.-Nov. 1919
Ms. 31,198 Letters to F.O’D. re Volunteer ‘barracks’ in Cork and re conflict with
Cumann na mBan over use of City Hall, 16p.
c. Nov. 1918
Ms. 31,199 Oglaigh na hEireann G.H.Q. Dublin: circular enclosing forms for the
collection of intelligence, 6p.
Nov. 1919
Ms. 31,200 Lists of Freemasons in the Brigade area; lists of provincial grand
officers for year 1920, 6p.
c.1920-22
Ms. 31,201 Typescript copy Operations Memorandum, Commdt. Cork No. 2
Brigade, 30 Oct. 1920 re need to attack reprisals parties; Commdt. L.,
HQ Cork No. 2 Brigade to O/C 3rd Batt., 11 Dec. 1920 re leadership
and organisation, 3 items.
Oct.-Dec. 1920
Ms. 31,202 Oglaigh na hEireann, G.H.Q. Dublin and Brigade H.Q. Cork.
General instructions re intelligence, 10p.
Nov.-Dec. 1920
Ms. 31, 203 Copy of G.H.Q. General Report Form for Kerry No. 1 Brigade on
Enemy regular troops, Enemy R.I.C., suspects, Enemy Post Offices,
Railway stations, Enemy social institutions in Kerry; report on a
British army deserter. 4p.
c. 1921
Ms. 31,204 Miscellaneous undated 1st So. Division intelligence documents
including a copy Dublin Castle intelligence circular instructing that
crime special circulars etc. be burned in the event of Dáil Eireann
agreeing to the Treaty, key to a photograph of Black & Tans? Taken
at Dungarvan, wireless stations in Kerry and notes on the training of
Officers.
[c. 1921]Ms. 31,205 O/C 3rd Cork Brigade, Flying Column to O/C 3rd Cork Brigade:
reports from 7 Feb. 1921, 2p.
[10] Feb. 1921
Ms. 31,206 Copy Flying column reports to O.C. 3rd Cork Brigade re attack on
Roscarbery Barracks, 9 Feb. 1921, Crossbarry ambush 17 Mar. 1921,
and activities on 20 May 1921, 9p.
[Feb.-May 1921]
Ms. 31,207 I.R.A. 1st Southern Division: Miscellaneous intelligence
(1-3) correspondence and reports from Southern Division area including
a report on all the brigades of the Southern Division, 15 Nov.
1921 and Kerry No. 1 Brigade Weekly reports 1-10 Oct. 1921,
c.33 items.
May-Dec. 1921
Ms. 31,208 I.R.A. G.H.Q. Dublin, Publicity memo No. 1 seeking returns of
names of newspapers and newspaper correspondents in company
areas. With returns for 1st Southern Division. Also note re need to
appoint reports Officer to relay news to Dublin and a complaint to
Editor of Publicity Dept. of An tOglach, 8p.
4 May-2 July 1921
Ms. 31,209 Cork No. 2. Brigade: report on activities carried out in brigade area
on Sat. May 14, 1921, 2p.
20 May 1921
Ms. 31,210 I.R.A. 1st So. Div. Intelligence: names and addresses of J.P.s,
Crown Solicitors, R.M.s and Petty Sessions Clerks in brigade areas
Cork No. 2, Kerry Nos. 2, and 3, West Limerick, Waterford No. 1,
7p.
June-Aug. 1921
Ms. 31,211 Oglaigh na hÉireann, H.Q. 1st Southern Div.: Circulars enclosing
intelligence report forms, 7p.
July-Oct. 1921
Ms. 31,212 Oglaigh na hÉireann, 1st Southern Division: intelligence reports, 10
items.
7 July 1921-6 June 1922
T.O’D. H.Q. Kerry No. 2 Brigade, 7 July 1921. Creameries closed.
Correspondence with ‘Alf’, C/o Miss Long, Cork, Aug. 1921
l/O, H.Q., Cork No. 3 Brigade to l/O, 1st So. Div., 4 Aug. 1921.
Re snapshots, military in Skibbereen.
l/O, H.Q., Cork No. 1 Brigade to 1/O 1st. So. Div., 30 Aug. 1921.
Miscellaneous information.
O/C. H.Q. Kerry No. 2 Brigade to 1/O 1st So. Siv., 27 Sept. 1921.
Miscellaneous information
Adj., Cork No. Brigade/H.Q. 6th Batt., Oct. 1921. File reC. Kirkman, British army deserter.
Copy correspondence re suspected agents, 13 Oct. 1921
Copy British forces telegraphs re ships carrying arms, 24 Nov. 1921.
1/O, H.Q. Kerry No. 2 Brigade to l/O, 1st So. Div. 12 May, 1921.
Re ex RIC members.
Director of Intelligence, Four Courts, Dublin to 1/O, 1st So. Div.
6 June 1922. Re ex RIC members.
Ms. 31,213 Enemy posts and stations: typescript tables showing enemy
(1-3) military, police and coastguard strength in 1st So. Div. area,
27 p.
July, Aug. Dec. 1921
Ms. 31,214 Typescript and ms. lists of post offices and railway stations in the
1st Southern Division area with names of persons in charge; lists of
J.P.s,
R.M.s and Petty Sessions Clerks in Cork, 22p.
July-Dec. 1921
Ms. 31,215 Oglaigh na hEireann: printed forms recording enemy strength -
‘Regular troops, R.I.C., Auxiliaries, Other enemy stations,
Agents. Officials, Others, Post Offices, Railway stations,
Social institutions, Remarks- in each brigade area of the 1st
Southern Division for July 1921, 8 forms.
July 1921
Ms. 31,216 I.R.A. 1st Southern Division: tables showing numbers of
officers and men, casualties, prisoners, arms, enemy strength,
in each Brigade area after the Truce, 9p.
c. Aug. 1921
Ms. 31,217 Home addresses of members of the Black and Tans and of the
Auxiliaries, 18p.
Sept.-Nov. 1921
Ms. 31,218 Notifications and copy notifications by intelligence officers
of the 1st Southern Division of the evacuation of barracks by
British military forces, 5 items.
Oct.-Nov. 1921
Ms. 31,219 ‘Members of R.I.C., natives of Ireland, serving in Company
area: Form A.’: Cork, Kerry, Limerick.
c. Nov. 1921
Ms. 31,220 Members of R.I.C., natives of Ireland, natives of Company area,
(1-3) Form B’, Cork, Kerry, Limerick.
c. Nov. 1921
Ms. 31,221 Home addresses of Black and Tans and Auxiliaries in alphabeticalorder, 19p.
c. Nov. 1921
Ms. 31,222 Typescript copy report on the state of Cork No. 2 Brigade,
1st Southern Division, 1p.
15 Nov. 1921V. British army and R.I.C. documents, telephone transcripts, c.l920 - April 1922
Ms. 31,223 Copies, some contemporary, of British army documents, 29 items.
(1-5) 1920-22
(1) Correspondence re ‘Irish Coast Intelligence Corps’ between
‘Admiral, Queenstown’ and Capt. Hall. n.d.
‘Form of summons to a civil witness’. 1920
Correspondence re Mrs. Marshall, fugitive from the I.R.A.,
Feb. 1921
6th Div. Training report for Jan. 1921. 7 Feb. 1921
Liaison reports by Lt. Col. Cummings. 8, 15 Feb. 1921
Minutes of Special Conference held at G.H.Q., 6th Div.
15 Feb. 1921
6th Div. Compositions and Dispositions ... 1 Mar.-l April 1921.
24 Feb. 1921
(2) 3 Letters of instruction for officers, drafts, leave parties etc.
travelling in Ireland. Feb.-Mar. 1921
6th Div. letters re early drafting of recruits to their Battalions.
2, 3 Mar. 1921
H.Q. 17th Infantry Brigade, Cork, list of bridges destroyed by
I.R.A. 2 April 1921
Intelligence Summary ‘H’ Co. Aux. Div., RIC for the period
1 April - 15 April 1921.
Report by R. Ballantine on the murder of Major J. Mackinnon
16 April 1921
‘H’ Co., Aux. Div. R.I.C.: List of crimes and punishments for
week ending 16 April 1921.
Statements re reprisals at Ballymacelligot and outrages at
Tralee. 21 April 1921
Note re legal firms touting for business from wounded soldiers.
11 May 1921
Instructions re measures to avoid fake alibis. 15 May 1921
Copies of captured IRA documents, letters signed William
Lynch
18 May 1921; documents in the possession of John Moylan
arrested
16 May 1921 re telephone tapping, codes etc.
(3) H.Q., 16th Infantry Brigade, Fermoy, Letter re abandonment of
reprisals policy, court martials of rebels captured with arms,
administration of flying columns, 8p.
17 June 1921
(4) Notes on intercommunication between troops and aeroplanes.
21 June 1921
Returned letter from D.W.H. Carpentier, Dublin Castle to
C.F. Arrowsmith. 22 June 1921
Battalion Orders No. 146, 2nd Batt. Hampshire Regt. Cork.2nd Batt. The Hampshire Regt. ‘Farewell order’ by Col. C.N.
French. 25 July 1921
(5) Quartermaster, 1st Battn. Machine Gun Corps, request for
payment. 24 Sept 1921
Correspondence re Sinn Féin courts. Nov. 1921
Report that R.I.C. is building up arms, petrol supply etc. in
case of further hostilities. Nov.-Dec. 1921
Correspondence etc. re closure of Ballincollig barracks.
13 Dec. 1921 - 20 Jan. 1922
Ms. 31,224 Two British army memos found at Lady Lane police barracks
6 Mar. 1922: ‘instructions for the assembly of military courts
of inquiry in substitution for Coroners inquests’, 30 Sept. 1920;
‘Arrest of members of the IRA or IRB’, 22 Oct. 1920.
Sept./Oct. 1920
Ms. 31,225 Miscellaneous RIC documents and copy documents, 8 items.
1920-22
List of RIC divisional and county inspectors, n.d.
Veterans Division RIC Conditions of service, n.d. and
miscellaneous RIC regulations 23 June 1920, found at Ladylane
RIC Barracks, 6 Mar. 1922.
Intelligence summaries “H” Company Auxiliary Division RIC
1 Apr.-17 Apr. 1921.
Prohibition of Fairs Order in Ballymakeery etc. 27-28 May 1921
File re prisoner Patrick Sullivan, Gurranes. 18 June 1921
Note from Cork No. 3 Brigade IRA enclosing intelligence forms
(missing) and comments. 30 June 1921
Memos re carrying of arms by RIC during Truce and re
demobilization. 15 Nov. 1921
Passport application forms of Denis and Martin Shea, with
photographs. 20-21 Mar. 1922
Ms. 31,226 Two letters from an auxiliary ‘Charlie’, K Company, Dumanway,
Co. Cork to ‘Edith’ and ‘Mother’ describing conditions he is
enduring, the burning and looting of Cork, commenting on the policy
of reprisals and referring to a visit by General Ferguson, 6p.
16 Dec. 1920
Ms. 31,227 Miscellaneous documents, 8 items. c.1921
Copy typescript list of Freemasons. n.d.
2 envelopes ‘Mrs. Sehuzr’, Scotland; ‘Mrs. Agnew’, England, n.d.
Ms. list of RIC and soldiers with notes on each. 2p. n.d.
William O’Sullivan, J.P. to Lord French re his failure to do
jury service. 3 Jan. 1921
Newsclipping re General Strickland’s tour in Kerry, 2 Mar. 1921
Letter re new range for Drumcollogher RIC barracks, 31 May 1921
Police Gazette or Hue and Cry, Aug. 1921.Ms. 31,228 Letter from J.O.C. Kelly, 6th Div. Cork, to Lt. H.H. Davis, 18th
Brigade recommending a ‘stool pigeon’, contemporary copy.
15 Mar. 1921
Ms. 31,229 Copy documents re British army and navy telegraph codes, l1p.
c. May 1921-Apr. 1922
Ms. 31,230 Typescript transcripts of telephone calls and wires of British
(1-6) military forces and R.I.C., mainly concerned with routine
administration, the movements of men and supplies, current news
etc., c.300p.
Aug. 1921-Nov. 1922
Ms. 31,231 Copy British forces documents, 18p.
(1-2) Aug. 1921-Jan. 1922
(1) Note re passengers to New York and naval telegraph codes.
18 Aug. 1921
Correspondence re supply of Lamps to coastguard stations.
Sept.-Oct. 1921
Regimental orders, Fort Camden. 26 Sept. 1921
Embarkation draft re troops sailing from Cork. 6 Oct. 1921
Order to 1/O Blackwater Coast guard Station. Kenmare ‘to find
out the actions. ... of rebels’, 16 Oct. 1921.
Sects 5-8 of memo signed by H. Tudor re commandeering of’
premises by Sinn Féin, Sinn Féin police, etc. 4p, 30 Oct. 1921
(2) ‘Part of an enemy intelligence report’. c. Dec. 1921
Report of enemy 1/O, 2nd Batt. Loyal Regt., 1 Dec. 1921
Circular re transfer of staff to Irish government, 12 Jan. 1922
Orders re disbandment of R.I.C., 22-25 Jan. 1922
Ms. 31,232 ‘Special order of the day’ breaking up the Sixth Division of the
British army as constituted for service in the South of Ireland.
Signed by E.P. Strickland, Lt. Gen., Cork, Jan. 1922. Printed.
Jan. 1922VI. The I.R.B. Constitution, 1920-23
Ms. 31,233 Irish Republican Brotherhood: Constitution as revised to date 1920.
By order of the Supreme Council, 8 + [l]p. Blue cover, stamped ‘B
35’, with ‘Addenda to constitution Sept. 1919’ between pp. 6 + 7.
1920
Ms. 31,234 Irish Republican Brotherhood: Constitution as revised to date
1920, 8p. 1920. Two copies with maroon covers stamped B 176
and B 186. B 186 has inserted photostat copy of ‘Addenda to
Constitution Sept. 1919’ endorsed by Vivion de Valera, 1964.
1920
Ms. 31,235 Photographs of pages from Irish Republican Brotherhood
Constitution 1920.
Ms. 31,236 I.R.B. Constitution 1923 (Provisional?), typescript copy, annotated
‘this copy was made by me of the official draft (which I was not
supposed to have seen) D. Lynch’.
1923?VII. I.R.B. Supreme Council correspondence with the South, 1921-22
Ms. 31,237 Correspondence of the Supreme Council of the I.R.B. with
(1-2) District and County Centres in the South, 30 items.
Mar. -May 1921
Nov. 1921.-Mar. 1922
Date Source Subject
14 Mar. 1921 S. O’M for S.C. Liam Lynch to succeed Tom
Hales, F. O’D. to be centre for
Cork City and County
10 May 1921 S. O’M. General information
Nov. 1921 - Cork County: list of Brigade and
District Officers
4 Nov. 1921 ‘Acting County Centre’ Elections of County Officers
19 Nov. 1921 Oglaigh na hEireann Foley house in Cork No. 3
Brigade Timoleague
23 Nov. 1921. S. O’M for S.C. Summons to attend inquiry into
alleged negligence of D.
O’Callaghan
24 Nov. 1921 County Centre transfer
1? Dec. 1921 Cork City District resolution rejecting Board Treaty,
copy.
8 Dec. 1921 Bantry-Castletown petition to S.C. to state District
IRB’s position, copy
1 Dec. 1921 S.O’M. Statement of case against D
O’Callaghan
12 Dec. 1921 S.C. Statement re Treaty
29 Dec. 1921 Skibbereen District Requests the S.C. to Board state
position re Treaty + future policy
4 Jan. 1922 Div. Sec., So. Munster Requests monthly Reports
7 Jan. 1922 County Centre to Div Sec. Monthly Reports not yet ready.
Effect of Treaty
9 Jan. 1922 Bandon District Center Inquiry into case of Wm. Foley
Timoleague
10 Jan. 1922 Kerry County Centre Monthly report, Treaty
11 Jan. 1922 Clonakilty District Transfer, monthly report
13 Jan. 1922 Kerry County Centre Monthly report + Treaty
13 Jan. 1922 Waterford County Centre Monthly report
15 Jan. 1922. Minutes of inquiry concerning
case of Wm. Foley, Timoleague.
16 Jan. 1922 Cork County Centre Requests monthly reports
21 Jan. 1922 Bandon District Monthly report and financial
statement
22 Jan. 1922 Cork County Centre Rejecting S.C., statements re
Treaty
25 Jan. 1922 Div. Sec., So. Munster Transfer, finances
31 Jan. 1922 Cork County Centre 2 notes enclosing circulars
(missing)31 Jan. 1922 Clonakilty, Ballineen Monthly report
Dumanway
14 Feb. 1922 District No. 8 Monthly report and queries
20 Feb. 1922 Cork No. 5 District Monthly report, motion
withdrawing support from S.C.
3 Mar. 1922 S.O’M. Convention of County Centres to
be held Mar. 19
3 Mar. 1922 “ Re ‘The Separatist’VIII. Treaty and Civil War period, Liam Lynch and the I.R.B., Nov. 1921 - Nov.
1922
Ms. 31,238 Typescript copy letter Cathal Brugha, Minister of Defence, Dáil
Eireann to Cormac Ó Dalaigh offering fresh commission 17 Nov.
1921, with subsequent letter signed W.O D. for Chief of Staff,
G.H.Q. Oglaigh na hEireann, 30 Nov. 1921. 1p.
Nov. 1921
Ms. 31,239 Oglaigh na hEireann: Headquarters: 1st Southern Division: statement
signed by Liam O’Loingisg and other officers rejecting the Treaty,
[Contemporary?] copy.
10 Dec. 1921
Ms. 31,240 Correspondence and copy correspondence of Liam Lynch,
LimDeasy, F. O’D. and Sean O’Hegarty re treaty debate, proposals
re I.R.B., and arranging meetings etc. With miscellaneous notes and
copy minutes of IRB disbandment meeting Nov. 1924, 49p.
11 Dec. 1921-5 Jan. 1923
Nov. 1924
Ms. 31,241 Typescript copy report on an informal meeting between pro and anti-
Treaty deputies 4[Jan. 1922], 10 x 2p.
[Jan. 1922]
Ms. 31,242 Typescript documents and copy documents, many from originals
lent to F. O’D by Seán Lee per Sean Lynch and by Seamus
O’Donovan c.1952, mainly orders etc. issued by Liam Lynch as
Chief of Staff, and others. With some ms. notes, 24p. 1922-2(5]
No. 20A/Dept. AGS. Re execution of spies. n.d.
Dept. C/S. Letter from Liam Lynch as Chief of Staff to Mrs. Clery,
re political situation, 10 May 1922.
Dept. C/S. To 1/O, 1st Southern Division. Calling off operations in
East Limerick [Signed by Liam Lynch], 7 July 1922.
S. Hyde. Re leaflets and Press, 8 July 1922
Operation order No. 3: Employment of unarmed men, [July 1922]
Operation order No. 4: Dismantling of railway engines, 22 July 1922
Dept. Adjt. Re East Limerick column, 28 July 1922
CS/123. Re shooting of Sean Hales, 27 Jan. 1923
Proclamation: Oglaigh na hEireann: [refusing to give up hostages], 1
Feb. 1923
C/S. To D/Chemicals. [Re place on Executive]. [Feb. 1923]
Dept. C/S. [Re enemy propaganda]. 2 Feb. 1923
British Boycott: general instructions. By order Minister of Economic
Affairs, 15 Feb. 1923
Daily Bulletin. President’s address to the army. 12 April 1923
Dept. C/S. Letter from Frank Aiken re death of Liam Lynch, 6 July
1923
Ms. 31,242 Dept. C/S. General Order No. 2. Forwarding of reports and
25information.
24 July 1925[sic]
Ms. 31,243 IRA passes for F. O’D. to Mallow Barracks, IRA conventions in
Mansion House, Four Courts, Dáil Eireann. 7 items.
1922
Ms. 31,244 Order of the Supreme Council of the IRB entitled ‘The Organisation
and the new political situation in Ireland’, typescript copy.
12 Jan. 1922
Ms. 31,245 Sean O’Muirthile, Dublin to Liam [Deasy?] re transfer from
Scotland and £500, 2p.
23 Jan. 1922
Ms. 31,246 Letters to the Intelligence Officer of the 1st Southern Division,
mainly concerning local disputes, information etc., 10p.
26 Jan.-21 June 1922
Ms. 31,247 Oglaigh na hEireann: 1st Southern Division: Intelligence financial
accounts with receipts 30 Jan. 1922 - 13 April, 1922, 7 items.
30 Jan.-Apr. 1922
Ms. 31,248 Ms. draft copy letters [by Liam Deasy/F.O D.?], one ‘to S.0 M’, re
IRB Convention of County Centres for 19 Mar. 1922 and ‘The
Separatist’, 2p.
[Mar 1922]
Ms. 31,249 Copy documents, some contemporary, re Army Conventions, 25
Mar., 9 April 1922, and re negotiations between Treaty and Anti-
Treaty sides, May-June, 1922. [Used by F.O’D. in No other law esp.
17-18 and appendices], c.70p.
Mar-June 1922
Ms. 31,250 Minutes kept by Florence O’Donoghue of meetings of the Supreme
Council and County and Divisional Centres of the IRB commencing
19 April 1922 and of subsequent committee meetings etc. to c.26
April 1922. With two notes from Dan Breen and a notification of
an Executive meeting, 2 May 1922, 13p.
19 April - 5 May 1922
Ms. 31,251 ‘Dangers’: exhortation to preserve morale in the army, typescript. 3p.
[c. May 1922]
Ms. 31,252 Reports and correspondence of various intelligence officers and
Intelligence Dept. in the Four Courts re ex R.I.C. men.
May-July 1922
Ms. 31,253 Reports and correspondence of members of the 1st Southern Division
re ‘Tralee Bay incident’, 7p.
26June 1922
Ms. 31,254 Memorandum of the resolutions reached at a meeting on Sunday
4th June, typescript, 3p.
4 June [1922]
Ms. 31,255 John Devoy, New York, to Denis McCullogh, 21 June 1922,
typescript copy letter; 4p. John Devoy, New York, to Diarmuid
Lynch, 26 June 1922, autograph letter signed, 4p. re political
situation in Ireland.
21, 26 June 1922
Ms. 31,256 Typescript copy report by Peggie Dunne on the assassination of Sir
Henry Wilson, 2p.
31 July 1922
Ms. 31,257 Detailed description of a notebook of Michael Collins with
a transcription of the entries therein.
20-21 Aug 1922
Ms. 31,258 Minutes of Army (I.R.A.) Executive Meetings with some associated
lists, correspondence and reports including Memo from De Valera to
Executive Meeting Oct. 1922-14 May 1923, c.50p.
Oct. 1922-May 1923
Ms. 31,259 Typescript copy I.R.A. proclamation (English Translation) signed by
Liam Lynch and others (Used as Appendix 10 in No other law) 28
Oct 1922
Ms. 31,260 File cover: list of documents lent by ‘John Brennan’,
containing Nos. 5-9 only viz.
5. Order from Liam Lynch re Britain, 12/12/1922
6. ‘A tribute to Liam Lynch by one of his comrades’, from‘Eire’,
26 May 1923
. 7. IRA. G.H.Q. Dublin, Official communique signed Liam Lynch
re statement by Liam Deasy. c.30 Jan. 1923
8. IRA Field General H.Q. Dublin, Proclamation signed Liam
Lynch refusing to give up hostages despite threat of ‘punitive
action’.1 Feb. 1923
9. Copy letter from Frank Carney, ex-O/C 1st Northern Div.,
Derry, to E. Donnelly. Director of Elections re arms requisitioned
from the British for attack on Four Courts. 14 Nov. 1924
Ms. 31,261 Correspondence, documents, newsclippings etc. re Old IRA
(1-2) Members Association, including letter from Liam Lynch, 8 Mar.
1923, c.100 items.
Jan.-Nov. 1923
Ms. 31,262 Letter from Sean Casey, Act. Comdt. Gen., H.Q. 1st Western, to
27John Reidy informing him that a proclamation has been issued
forbidding people in Clare to trade in butter with him.
30 Apr. 1923
Copy of report to Executive Council of the Free state from Andrew
Jameson and Jas. G. Douglas [re negotiations with De Valera].
May 1923
28IX. General correspondence and work in progress by Florence O’Donoghue
1925-67 Correspondent/Author Subject Date
Ms. 31,263 Various persons Local government and civil 1925-28
service appointments, 7 items
Ms. 31,264 ‘Clann Eireann’ Inviting F.O’D. to be Jan 1926
member
Ms. 31,265 ‘square deal’ Cryptic note to Mr. F. 5 Jan. 1926
Jeffreys, Cork, signed
‘square deal’
Ms. 31,266 Co. Cork Rate Legal case + opinion. c.l927-38
Collector’s With miscellaneous
Association newspaper clippings and
documents, 11 items
Ms. 31,267 Mile Etienette Her proposed book on 1928-39
Beuque/Máire Nic Terence Mac Swiney. 1945
Suibhne (1 letter c.l00p. 1955
of introduction)
Ms. 31,268 S. O’Hegarty Draft appeal to the Papal 1930
F. O’D. Nuncio to have decree of
Bishop of Cork in Cork
Examiner 13, 20 Dec, 1920,
cancelled, 4p.
Ms. 31,269 F. O’D. pamphlet entitled 1 Sep 1931
Laochra Gaodhal:
principles defined
[Opening address by
F. O’D.], Cork 1931
Ms. 31,270 Old I.R.A. Men’s correspondence 1934-38
(1-2) Association (Cork). constitutions, annual
[F. O’D. Hon. Sec.] reports, programmes
National Association for conventions, policy
of Old I.R.A. statements
Federation of Old c.100 items
IRA Associations
Clann na nGaedheal
(Pre-truce IRA)
Ms. 31,271 F. O’D.
Donnchadh Mac Nellis Broadcast by F. O’D. Feb. 1936
and others 1936 on Mac Neillis’ 1943
rescue from prison. With 1948-60
29Correspondent/Author Subject Date
typescript article on the
escape, newscl ippings,
correspondence, etc. 40p.
Ms. 31,272 Thomas J. Golden Letter to The Kerryman Mar. 1937
re F. O’D’s article ‘The
attack on Blarney barracks’,
2 items.
Ms. 31,273 Diarmuid Lynch MacDonagh’s broadcasts 1944-46
Donagh Mac Donagh and
newspaper articles on 1916
leaders. With clippings of
articles (Irish Press June-July
1944) and typescript talk,
Memories of Easter Week
1916’ by Fr. Aloysius,
O.F.M. 41p.
Ms. 31,274 Cork Public Museum Loan of documents, 8p. 1945
Ms. 31,275 Seumas Langford Capture of General Lucas, 1945-59
George Power Sean Moylan, Terence
MacSwiney, records of
1916-22 period, plans for
1916 rising
Ms. 31,276 Liam De Rôiste De Róiste’s memories 1948-62
(1-2) Diarmuid Fawsitt and papers (see Ms. 31,146).
With newsclippings of his
series ‘Mar is cuimhin horn’,
Cork Evening Echo, 1954, c.60p.
Ms. 31,277 Diarmuid Murtagh, meetings, lectures 1949
Hon. Sec. Military c.50 items 1951-52
History Society of Ireland
Ms. 31,278 Fr. Augustine publication of Fr. 1950-53
Hayden Dan Nolan of Augustine’s book 1956-58
the Kerryman Ireland’s Loyalty to
Mary; commemoration of
Fr. Augustine, c.200p.
Ms. 31,279 John Brennan Research for No Other Law 1950-51
[Mrs. Sidney Czira and F.O’D’s other books 1957
mainly re work in progress
in the National Library and
elsewhere, c.70p.
30Correspondent/Author Subject Date
Ms. 31,280 F.O’D. and others Speeches and articles on c.195l-66
Terence Mac Swiriey. With
miscellaneous notes, letters , 48p.
Ms. 31,281 Various persons Prisoners in Cork Jail and 1951-66
hunger strike, Aug. -Nov.
1920. With typescript
foreword by F. O’D. to
Sworn to be free, 12 items
Ms. 31,282 Moirín Chavasse M. Chavasse’s book on 1951-62
(1-5) Wallace Dickie Terence MacSwiney. With
Ann MacSwiney galley proofs of pp. 1-89
Dan O’Donovan and newsclippings of
reviews, c.300p.
Ms. 31,283 F.O’D. Letter to Cork Examiner June 1951
re Professor Gwynn’s
article on General
Strickland (refused
publication], 2 items.
Ms. 31,284 Mary C. Bromage Her book on Eamon De 1953-57
Valera, c.50p
Ms. 31,285 Patrick O’Sullivan Shooting of Sir Henry 1953-63
(1-4) brother of Joe and Wilson in 1922 by Reggie
others Dunne and Joe O’Sullivan.
Refers to Rex Taylor’s Assassination.
With copy report by Dunne 31 July
1922, photographs, booklets,
newschippings etc. c.100 items.
Ms. 31,286
(1-4)
1. F.O’D. ‘Easter Week 1916’, 1955-56
Thomas Davis lecture 1963-64
broadcast 15 Jan. 1956.
5 typescript copies
2. G.A. Hayes-McCoy Arranging lecture etc.,
R.T.E. 20p.
3. P. Dudley Edwards Letters of congratulation.
Eamon De Valera Reference to Eoin Mac Neill
Liam O Briain and by R. Dudley Edwards,
others. c.30p.
31Correspondent/Author Subject Date
4. - Newspaper clippings and
reviews, 8 items.
Ms. 31,287
(1-2) F. O’D. ‘Notes on the history of c.1956
Cork Harbour’ [Lecture
given to the Cork Historical
and Archaeological Society,
27 May 1956]; ‘Spike Island’;
‘The First successful escape from
Spike Island’; ‘Second escape from
Spike Island’. With some associated
notes, newsclippings, correspondence,
14 items.
Ms. 31,288 F. O’D. ‘Escapes from Kilworth 1956
Maurice Cronin camp’ 1959. ‘Tunnel escapes
from Kilworth’ (Sunday Press,
5 Aug. 1956) ‘The Rescue of
Johnny Leahy’ by Cronin, with
letters re Kilworth Escapes, 22p.
Ms. 31,289 Michael Harrison Cataloguing and 1956-9
Eamon De Valera conservation of material 1963
(1 letter) re War of Independence
and Civil War in Military
Archives, With typescript
summary list of material,
44p.
Ms. 31,290 Cork Co. Library Loan of documents for 1957
exhibition. With catalogue
Exhibition of books by Cork
writers of the twentieth century,
Cork, 1957
Ms. 31,291 Tadhg Feehan Anti-partition of Ireland 1957-59
League, London. With
annual reports and a memo,
17p.
Ms. 31,292 Michael Hartney Repatriation of the remains 1958-59
P. O Duinn of Roger Casement, 14pp.
(Frank Dunne)
Ms. 31,293 Donal O’Donoghue Seamus Malone’s book 1958-59
and others B’fhui an braon fola.
With newspaper clippings
32Correspondent/Author Subject Date
of reviews etc., c.30 items
Ms. 31,294 G.A. Hayes-McCoy Discovery of papers June 1958
probably captured by a
British Army raid in Limerick
in 1917, esp. papers re Irish
Volunteer inquiry into failure
of Limerick to participate in 1916
Rising, 4p.
Ms. 31,295 Mrs. Muriel Proposed biography of Nov. 1958-60
MacSwiney, widow of Terence Mac Swiney,
Terence Mac Swiney F. O’D’s books on Liam
Moss Twomey Lynch and Tomás Mac
Curtain, a proposed radio
programme on Mac Swiney, c.20p.
Ms. 31,296 Matt Feehan Sean Mac Eoin’s review Dec. 1958-
(1-2) Moss Twomey of Rex Taylor’s book on Jan 1959
Pa Murray Michael Collins. With
Ruadhrí Brugha draft answer to Mac Eoin’s
allegations and associated
newsclippings, c.80p.
Ms. 31,297 John M. Heuston, Heuston’s article on 1958-59
O.P. forces detailed to the
G.H.Q. area in 1916,
‘Headquarters Battalion,
Easter Week 1916’. With
some associated notes and
review by F. O’D. c.50p.
Ms. 31,298 Mrs. Eithne Golden Re the disposal of her 1959-67
Sax, daughter of father’s papers [deposited
Peter Golden, in the National Library],
secretary of the c.50p.
American Association
for the Recognition
of the Irish
Republic, and others
Ms. 31,299 John Brennan [Mrs. F. O’D’s lecture on ‘Plans 1959-64
(1-4) Sidney Czira], C. for the 1916 Rising’, and
Bean Cathal Brugha arrangements to publish it
Michael Hartney in University Review.
W. Mullins, Liam With notes, rough drafts
O Briain, Seamus and newschippings,
O Neill, Pax Whelan c.60 items
33Correspondent/Author Subject Date
R. Dudley Edwards
Ms. 31,300 F.X. Martin F. O’D’s 1966 Thomas Davis 1960-67
Vivion De Valera lecture ‘Ceannt, O’Rahilly
Padraig O Maidin and the military plan’.
With especial reference
to IRB constitution, Denis
McCullough, Pat McCartan,
Casement, Devoy, Limerick
Volunteers. Includes (4)
Pat McCartan copy letter Pat McCartan
to Joe McGarrity, 28 April
1916; police inspectors
report on the rebellion in
Tyrone, May 1916; A. de
Faoite’s ‘Footnote to
history’ on the Casement
ship; (7) tables re
Limerick Volunteers;
(5) newspaper clippings;
(6) notes and drafts,
c.200 items
Ms. 31,301 F. O’D. Typescript articles on 1960-67
1-2 ambushes (for Sunday Press]
with associated newsclippings:
Brinny ambush; Ambush at
Clashinimond; Clonbanin,
Kilmichael, Dromkeen and
some other actions in the
Anglo-Irish war in the
South; Ambush planned at
Derrinagra; Fanlobus and
Newcestown; Raid on the
Fastnet Lighthouses Ambush
at Geataban. Three raids
on Howes Strand Coast-
guard Station; Action at
Manch - 8th September 1920,
Rathclarin ambush,
Capture of Schull R.I.C.
Barracks,
The Ambush at Slippery Rock
Ms. 31,301 (3) F.O’D. and others Ms. and typescript draft c.1962-64
articles on Upton and
Crossbarry ambushes.
34Correspondent/Author Subject Date
MS 31,301 (4) [?] ‘The Parnell Bridge ambush: c.196-
a Cork city anniversary’
‘The memory of the past’
[re Patrick O’Reilly and
Thomas Power of C. Company,
4th Batt., Cork No. 1
Brigade] 6p.
Ms 31,301 (5) Correspondence with Crossbarry and Upton 1960-62
Flor Begley ambushes, c.20p. 1967
Ms 31,301 (6) Phil Chambers Derrinagra and Manch 4 May 1962
incidents, 2p.
Pat Collins ammunition for Crossbarry n.d.
and Upton ambushes
Sonnie Crowley Rathclarin and Howes 1962
[Denis] Strand ambushes +
background re Kilbrittain Co., 12p.
Ms 31,103 (7) Liam Deasy Re research for articles 1962-65
with enclosures on ambushes at
by Jimmy Hodnett Crossbarry etc. 40p.
Ms 31,103 (8) Bill Desmond Newcestown ambush etc. c.1963-1965
Eugene Dunne Capture of gun cotton
at Beare Island, 5 June
1918, 4p.
Liam Dwyer Ballycrovane station raid, 2p 196?
Dan Harrington re Geata Bawn and other 1963
ambushes, 4p.
Mona Kelleher enclosing poem by Mick 1965
Murphy
Dan Lehane list of Co. [?] members, 3p 1963
Pa Murray Blarney Bks. ambush and 1962
activities in Cork 1921, 1p
Connie Neenan Miscellaneous 1964
information re ambushes, 2p
Ms. 31,301 (9) Barra O Briain Tuírin Dubh ambush 1964
Paddy O’Brien Templeglantine action 1962
Christy O’Connell Capture of Eyeries RIC 1942/1953
Barracks in 1918, 7p.
J.P. O’Connell Clonmult ambush, 2p. 1951
D. O’Donovan List of men taking part 1961
in an action [?]. 1p.
Sean O’Driscoll Re Schull Barracks raid 1962
Sean Lehane and the 7th
Battalion etc., 16p.
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