Report of 28 July 1915

(NAI, CSO/JD/2/46)

The report of 28 July 1915 records visits to the shop of Thomas J Clarke, 75 Parnell Street, by John O’Mahony and Joseph McGuinness, followed at various stages by James J Buggy, James Murray, Thomas MacDonagh, William O’Leary Curtis, TJ Sheehan, Ben Parsons, Arthur Griffith and Charles J Kickham.

The departure of Arthur Griffith by train to Belfast is noted, along with his return later the same evening.

An account is provided of a meeting at 41 Parnell Square that was attended by James Murray, John O’Mahony, Charles J Kickham, Joseph McGuinness, Edward Daly, Éamonn Ceannt, George Irvine, James Stritch, Thomas McCarthy, Richard O’Carroll, James Connolly and William O’Brien. It is reported the meeting discussed final preparations for the funeral of the Fenian Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, which is due to take place the following weekend. An annotation states the ‘Citizen Army as well as the Irish Volunteers will probably take part in Sunday’s demonstration’. It is also reported that around 400 ‘Sinn Fein Volunteers’ took part in an exercise in the hall at the back of the building while the meeting was in progress.

The report concludes by stating that although no final details of the funeral procession are available, the body of O’Donovan Rossa will remain at City Hall until ‘2pm on Sunday, when the internment takes place in Glasnevin Cemetery’.

A copy of the latest issue of The Hibernian, the journal of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, is included.

For the full report, please see Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Department report on the movement of Dublin extremists on 27 July 1915.