Report of 28 January 1916

(NAI, CSO/JD/2/196)

The report of 28 January 1916 records visits to the shop of Thomas J Clarke, 75 Parnell Street, by Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, followed by John McGarry, Joseph McGuinness, Edward Daly, Seán MacDiarmada, Diarmuid Lynch, Piaras Béaslaí and John O’Mahony.

A meeting in the office of the Irish Volunteers, 2 Dawson Street, is attended by Michael J O’Rahilly, Bulmer Hobson, Diarmuid Lynch, Eimar O’Duffy, Laurence Raul, Herbert ‘Barney’ Mellows and Alfred Monaghan.

The report concludes with details of the assembly of around 40 members of the Irish Volunteers ‘without rifles’ and their route march towards Phibsborough under the command of Joseph McGuinness and John Milroy.

A copy is included of the latest issue of The Workers’ Republic. A note states The Hibernian ‘usually on sale on Thursday morning, has not so far been published’.

For the full report please see Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Department report on the movement of Dublin extremists on 27 January 1916.