Report of 4 February 1916

(NAI, CSO/JD/2/202)

The report of 4 February 1916 states that Thomas J Clarke was again absent from his shop at 75 Parnell Street. He ‘is said to be unwell but inquiry is being made as to this’. The shop is visited in Clarke’s absence by Seán MacDiarmada, Liam Mellows, John R Reynolds, Edward Daly, Joseph McGuinness, Thomas Byrne, Piaras Béaslaí, Charles J Kickham, Diarmuid Lynch, Henry Dixon, William O’Leary Curtis and William Sheehan.

A meeting in the office of the Irish Volunteers, 2 Dawson Street, is attended by Herbert ‘Barney’ Mellows, Michael J O’Rahilly and Laurence Raul.

William O’Leary Curtis, Arthur Griffith and Charles S [Wyse] Power are observed together in Sackville Street [O’Connell Street].

Around 60 members of the Irish Volunteers are drilled in the hall at 41 Parnell Square in the presence of Frank Fahy, Diarmuid Lynch and Charles J Kickham.

The report concludes with details of a conference in the Mansion House adjourned on the 3 February ‘respecting the Levin Estate’.

Copies are included of the latest issues of The Workers’ Republic and Honesty.

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