Report of 31 December 1915

(NAI, CSO/JD/2/173)

The second report of 31 December 1915 records visits to the shop of Thomas J Clarke, 75 Parnell Street, by Con Colbert, followed by Frank Fahy, Joseph McGuinness, William Sheehan, Michael O’Hanrahan and JJ Farrelly.

Francis Sheehy-Skeffington is observed departing for Belfast on the morning train and returning in the late evening.

The movements of a number of individuals are noted, including Herbert M Pim and Herbert ‘Barney’ Mellows at the office of the Irish Volunteers, 2 Dawson Street; James Connolly in the company of Countess Markievicz at Liberty Hall; William O’Leary Curtis and Arthur Griffith in Westmoreland Street; and JJ Walsh in his shop at 26 Blessington Street.

The report concludes with details of the departure of Liam Mellows by train to Athenry [County Galway].

Copies are included of the latest issues of New Ireland, The Workers’ Republic and No. 9 Series of Tracts for the Times: Why the Martyrs of Manchester Died, by A Newman, the pseudonym of Herbert M Pim.

For the full report please see Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Department report on the movement of Dublin extremists on 30 December 1915.