Report of 31 January 1916

(NAI, CSO/JD/2/198)

The report of 31 January 1916 records visits to the shop of Thomas J Clarke, 75 Parnell Street, on Saturday 29 January by John McGarry, followed by Charles J Kickham, Joseph Murray, Edward Daly, Michael McGinn, William Ryan, Seán MacDiarmada, Reverend E Sheehy and James J Buggy. On Sunday 30 January, Clarke is visited by MacDiarmada, Buggy, Daly and McGarry again, along with Bulmer Hobson, James Stritch, Patrick Ryan, Ben Parsons, John R Reynolds, FJ McCabe and Piaras Béaslaí.

A meeting in the office of the Irish Volunteers, 2 Dawson Street, on Saturday, is attended by Bulmer Hobson, John Fitzgibbon, Herbert ‘Barney’ Mellows, George Irvine, Thomas MacDonagh, Eimar O’Duffy, Michael O’Hanrahan and Michael J O’Rahilly.

Seán MacDiarmada and Diarmuid Lynch are observed together in D’Olier Street. MacDiarmada is later seen in the company of Frank Fahy and Thomas MacDonagh in the office of the Irish Volunteers, 2 Dawson Street.

The arrival of Pierce McCann by train from Thurles [County Tipperary] is noted.

James Connolly and Countess Markievicz are observed departing Liberty Hall accompanied by ten members of the Citizen Army ‘carrying rifles’.

The report concludes with a visit to the shop of JJ Walsh, 26 Blessington Street, by Thomas Byrne.

A report is included of searches for arms carried out by police at the North Wall, Dublin, between 25 and 29 January 1916.

For the full report please see Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Department report on the movement of Dublin extremists on 29 and 30 January 1916.