Decoding the IRA (59 page)

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Authors: Tom Mahon,James J. Gillogly

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90
HS to ‘Dear Sir', 1 October 1924 [1927], in MTUCDA P69/150 (12); MD to HS, 17 October 1927, in MTUCDA P69/150 (20).

91
‘Friend' may refer to a Soviet agent other than ‘James'; HS to ‘Dear Sir', 20 September 1924 [1927], in MTUCDA P69/150 (32).

92
Unsigned to HS, 22 September 1927, in MTUCDA P69/150 (31).

93
HS to MD, 20 October 1924 [1927], in MTUCDA P69/150 (19).

94
O'Connor,
Reds and the Green
, p. 113.

95
Ibid
., p. 113.

96
Ibid
.

97
Ibid
., pp. 129–30.

98
Poretsky, E.,
Our Own People
(The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1970), p. 84.

99
For chairman to An Timthire, 20 October 1926, in MTUCDA P69/183 (184–5); JB to Mr Browne, 8 November 1926, in MTUCDA P69/183 (178–9).

100
JB to Smith, 5 October 1926, in MTUCDA P69/183 (186).

101
JB to Browne, 8 November 1926, in MTUCDA P69/183 (178–9).

102
JB to Brown, 26 November 1926, in MTUCDA P69/183 (168–9).

103
Chairman to Jones, 3 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (116–18).

104
Jacob Monsess, National Archives, Kew, KV 2/982.

105
An Timthire to [no name], 10 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (29–30); Fries, A. and West, C.,
Chemical Warfare
(McGraw Hill, New York, 1921).

106
An Timthire to [no name], 10 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (29–30).

107
An Timthire to [no name], 10 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (29–30).

108
JB to Mr Brown, a corrected paragraph, 26 November 1926, in MTUCDA P69/ 183 (167).

109
Jones to Smith, 20 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (54).

110
FBI files on IRA. 3 July 1940, 61–7550.

111
JB to Brown, 26 November 1926, in MTUCDA P69/183 (168–9).

112
Chairman to Jones, 3 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (116–18).

113
Jones to Browne, 28 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (102–4).

114
Jones and An Timthire to no name [chairman], 11 March 1927, in MTUCDA P69/ 183 (84–5).

115
MD to HS, 6 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (50); chairman to An Timthire, 6 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183
(56).

116
O'Halpin, E.,
Defending Ireland: The Irish Free State and its Enemies since 1922
(Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000), p. 73.

117
Jones to Mr Browne, 28 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (102–4).

118
Chairman to Mr Jones, 3 Feb. 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (116–118); Jones to Mr Smith, 8 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183
(68);
Jones to Mr Smith, 20 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (54).

119
Jones and An Timthire to no name [chairman], 11 March 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (84–5).

120
Jones to Browne, 28 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (102–4).

121
An Timthire to Mr Smith, 20 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (48–51).

122
Jones to Mr Browne, 28 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (102–4).

123
An Timthire to Mr Smith, 20 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (48–51).

124
Chairman to An Timthire, 18 March 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (77–8).

125
Jones to Smith, 20 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (54).

126
Chairman to An Timthire, 11 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (41–4); chairman to Jones, 11 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (53).

127
An Timthire to [no name], 10 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (29–30); chairman to An Timthire, 11 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (41–4).

128
An Timthire to [no name], 10 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (29–30).

129
An Timthire to Mr Smith, 20 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (48–51); chairman to An Timthire, 11 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (41–4).

130
Chairman to An Timthire, 3 June 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (6).

131
CS to ‘A Chara', 5 June 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (63).

132
Chairman to An Timthire, 8 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (74–5).

133
An Timthire to [no name], 1 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (129–31).

134
An Timthire to [no name], 10 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (29–30).

135
MacEoin, U.,
Survivors
(Argenta Publications, Dublin, 1987), p. 252.

136
Ibid.,
p. 250.

137
Twohig, P. and Ó Maoileoin, S.,
Blood on the Flag
(Tower Books, Ballincollig, 1996), p. 92.

138
MacEoin,
Survivors,
p. 255.

139
Hopkinson, M.,
Green Against Green
(Gill & MacMillan, Dublin, 1988), pp. 73–4.

140
Twohig and Ó Maoileoin,
Blood on the Flag,
p.101.

141
MacEoin,
The IRA in the Twilight Years,
p. 141.

142
Spence, J.
The Search for Modern China
(W. W. Norton and Company, New York, 1990), p. 382.

143
Ibid
., pp. 348–9.

144
Ibid
., p. 381.

145
Leonard,
Secret Soldiers of the Revolution
, p. 38.

146
Ibid
.

147
Spence,
The Search for Modern China
, pp. 345–9.

148
Ibid
., p. 353; Leonard,
Secret Soldiers of the Revolution
, pp. 38–42.

149
‘The Wanhsien Incident', on the website:
www.hmsfalcon.com
, 2 January 2006.

150
Irish World
, 25 September 1926.

151
An Phoblacht
, 28 January 1927.

152
Chairman to An Timthire, 3 Feb 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (123–5); chairman to An Timthier, 9 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (111–12).

153
An Timthire to [no name], 28 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (98–9).

154
An Timthire to Mr Smith, 20 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (48–51).

155
Ibid
.

156
Irish World
, 28 May 1927.

157
Chairman to An Timthire, 3 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (123–5).

158
Minutes of Army Council meeting, 17 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (117); CS to HS, 18 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (300).

159
Newspaper cutting in the Twomey papers in UCD; no number, no date.

160
OC Scottish batt to CS, 13 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (208).

161
CS to OC Scotland, 24 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (296).

162
CS to OC Number 2 Area Britain, 24 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (242).

163
Spence,
The Search for Modern China
, p. 381.

164
James to ‘Dear Friend', 12 August 1926, in MTUCDA P69/181 (16–17 and 11–12).

165
I am very grateful to Emmet O'Connor for sending me a copy of Krivitsky's M.I.5 file; CAB 126/250 from the National Archives, Kew.

166
Cronin, S.,
The McGarrity Papers
(Anvil Books, Tralee, copyright 1972), pp. 161, 181; Tarpey, M.,
The Role of Joseph McGarrity in the Struggle for Irish Independence
(Arno Press, New York, 1976), p. 265.

E
PILOGUE

1
Coogan, T. P.,
The IRA: A History
(Roberts Rinehart Publishers, Niwot, Colorado, 1993), p. 200.

2
Ibid
., p. 37. MacEoin, U.,
The IRA in the Twilight Years, 1923–1948
, pp. 190, 195.

3
Hanley, B.,
The IRA, 1926–1936
(Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2002), p. 14.

4
Ibid
., pp. 14–17.

5
Ibid
., p. 17.

6
MacEoin,
The IRA in the Twilight Years
, pp. 279–80.

7
Hanley,
The IRA, 1926–1936
, pp. 18, 144, 206; Coogan,
The IRA
, p. 68.

8
Hanley,
The IRA, 1926–1936
, pp. 18, 194.

9
Ibid
., pp. 197–8.

10
Ibid
., p. 18.

11
Ibid
., pp. 191, 194, 196, 199.

12
Ibid
., p. 194.

A
PPENDIX
2

1
Newspaper cutting, no date, P69/48 (52-53). File on Ethel Chiles, National Archives, Kew, KV 2/591.

2
HS to CS, 18 March 1924 [1927] in MTUCDA P69/48 (210)

3
MD to HS, 6 May 1927 in MTUCDA P69/48 (50)

4
HS to CS, 14 May 1924 [1927] in MTUCDA P69/48 (23)

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