Report of 16 August 1915

(NAI, CSO/JD/2/63)

The report of 16 August 1915 records visits to the shop of Thomas J Clarke, 75 Parnell Street, on Saturday 14 August by Thomas Byrne, followed by Joseph McGuinness and Charles J Kickham. On Sunday 15 August, he was visited by Thomas Byrne and William Sheehan.

The arrival from Dundalk of John Fitzgibbon is noted, along with his subsequent departure en route to Edenderry [County Offaly] in the company of James O’Connor.

Arthur Griffith is observed in Sackville Street [O’Connell Street] and JJ Walsh is in his shop at 26 Blessington Street.

The report concludes with an incident at the London and North West Railway Company stores at North Wall where four wooden cases ‘each containing 25 Martini Metford rifles’ were forcibly removed. The whereabouts of the rifles, which were addressed to John E Redmond MP, 44 Parnell Square, is unknown.

For the full report please see Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Department report on the movement of Dublin extremists on 14 and 15 August 1915.