Report of 27 August 1915

(NAI, CSO/JD/2/72)

The report of 27 August 1915 records visits to the shop of Thomas J Clarke, 75 Parnell Street, by Joseph McGuinness, Robert Monteith, Major John MacBride, William O’Leary Curtis and Diarmuid Lynch.

TJ Sheehan and Robert Monteith are observed in conversation in Sackville Street Upper [O’Connell Street Upper].

The departure of Seán T Ó Ceallaigh by train to Belfast is noted.

The report details the assembly of around 47 members of the ‘Sinn Fein Volunteers’ without rifles at 25 Parnell Square and their march to Fairview under the command of Joseph McGuinness, where they were inspected by Robert Monteith.

The report concludes with details of a planned meeting at Beresford Place ‘under the auspices of the Irish Transport Workers Union’ to commemorate the deaths of [James] Nolan and [John] Byrne who it is alleged ‘were murdered by the Police during the strike riots in 1913’.

A copy of the new paper The Searchlight referred to in the report is not present, although it states the paper is a ‘strong supporter of the Allied Forces in France’.

For the full report please see Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Department report on the movement of Dublin extremists on 26 August 1915.