Report of 4 April 1916

(NAI, CSO/JD/2/243)

The report of 4 April 1916 records visits to the shop of Thomas J Clarke, 75 Parnell Street, by John McGarry, Joseph McGuinness and John R Reynolds.

The departure of John Neeson by train to Drogheda [County Louth] is noted.

The arrival of Patrick Hughes from Dundalk [County Louth] and his return later the same day is reported.

A meeting in the office of the Irish Volunteers, 2 Dawson Street, is attended by Michael J O’Rahilly, Eimar O’Duffy, Jeremiah Joseph O’Connell, Michael O’Hanrahan, Thomas MacDonagh, Éamon de Valera, Terence J McSwiney and Countess Markievicz. A second meeting later the same day is again attended by MacDonagh and O’Rahilly, along with Austin Stack and Patrick Hughes. The subsequent departure of Stack by train to Tralee [County Kerry] and McSwiney to Cork is noted. A further meeting in the evening is attended by Michael J O’Rahilly, Michael O’Hanrahan and Éamonn Ceannt.

The report concludes with details of a drill by around 40 unarmed members of the Irish Volunteers in the hall at the rear of 41 Rutland Square in the presence of Joseph McGuinness, Gerald Griffin, Thomas J Clarke and John R Reynolds.

For the full report please see Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Department report on the movement of Dublin extremists on 3 April 1916.