by Tom Mahon
26 S to MD, 30 September 1925, in MTUCDA P69/208 (7).
27 O’Connor, Reds and the Green, p. 113.
28 Chairman to Jones, 3 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (116–18); chairman to An Timthire, 11 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (41–3).
29 Unsigned to Jones, 7 December 1926, in MTUCDA P69/183 (163–4).
30 Jones to Mr Browne, 28 Feb. 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (102-104).
31 S to MD, 30 September 1925, in MTUCDA P69/208 (7).
32 An Timthire to [no name] 11 March 1926, in MTUCDA P69/183 (84–5).
33 Jones to Mr Browne, 28 February 1927 in P69/183 (102–4).
34 HS to CS, 14 May 1924 [1925], in MTUCDA P69/48 (23); notes on Beardmore engines in Wikipedia, ‘Avro Aldershot and Blackburn Cubaroo’, 19 January 2008.
35 CS to acting adjt Cork 1, 3 May 1926, in MTUCDA P69/44 (87–8).
36 CS to HS, 28 October 1926, in MTUCDA P69/41 (31).
37 HS to CS, 1 November 1926, in MTUCDA P69/41 (30).
38 To CS from HS, 7 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (310); HS to CS, 17 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (293–4).
39 CS to HS, 14 October 1923 [1926], in MTUCDA P69/47 (76); HS to CS 17 October 1926, in MTUCDA P69/41 (32).
40 KV 2/591 National Archives, Kew.
41 HS to CS, 20 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (61).
42 MD to HS, 28 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (17).
43 HS to CS, 24 May 1924 [1927], in MTUCDA P69/48 (18).
44 KV 2/591 National Archives, Kew.
45 MD to HS, 25 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (59).
46 HS to CS, 27 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (57).
47 M to CS, 3 April 1926, in MTUCDA P69/44 (219).
48 CS to OC. Britain, 8 April 1926, in MTUCDA P69/44 (218).
49 Chairman to An Timthire, 3 June 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (3–4).
50 Chairman to Mr Jones, 11 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (53).
51 Chairman to An Timthire, 3 June 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (3–4).
52 JB to Brown, 26 November 1926, in MTUCDA P69/183 (168–9).
53 Chairman to Jones, 3 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (116–18).
54 James to ‘Dear Friend’, 12 August 1926, in MTUCDA P69/181 (16–17).
55 Ambrose to CS and DI, 9 October 1926, in MTUCDA P69/41 (264).
56 Leonard, Secret Soldiers of the Revolution, p. 113.
57 OC. Britain to CS, 27 April 1926, in MTUCDA P69/44 (78).
58 To the Director from James, 28 July 1926, in MTUCDA P69/181 (19); to ‘Dear Friend’ from James, 12 August 1926, in MTUCDA P69/181 (16–17).
59 HS to CS or Chairman, 17 November 1926, in MTUCDA P69/41 (27).
60 HS to CS or Chairman, 17 November 1926, in MTUCDA P69/41 (27).
61 CS to HS, 8 December 1926, in MTUCDA P69/47 (10–11); unsigned to Mr Jones, 7 December 1926, in MTUCDA P69/183 (163–4); unsigned to ‘A Chara Dhil’, 25 November 1926, in MTUCDA P69/47 (52).
62 CS to HS, 8 December 1926, in MTUCDA P69/47 (10–11).
63 Unsigned to Mr Browne, 26 December 1926, in MTUCDA P69/183 (156).
64 HS to CS or CAC, 9 December 1926, in MTUCDA P69/47 (24).
65 Chairman to Mr Jones, 3 Feb 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (116–18).
66 O’Connor, Reds and the Green, p. 122–123.
67 To Mr Jones from Chairman, 3 February 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (116–18).
68 Unsigned to Mr Jones, 18 March 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (82–3).
69 O’Connor, Reds and the Green, p. 129.
70 Ibid., p. 142.
71 Unsigned to Mr Jones, 18 March 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (82–3).
72 Chairman to Mr Jones, An Timthire 14 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (61–2).
73 HS to CS, 25 March 1924 [1927], in MTUCDA P69/48 (188).
74 Chairman to Mr Jones, An Timthire 14 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (61–2).
75 Chairman to An Timthire, 6 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (56).
76 HS to CS, 27 April 1924 [1927].
77 Chairman to Mr Jones, An Timthire 14 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (61–2).
78 Chairman to George, 25 April 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (60).
79 HS to CS, 6 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (27).
80 Chairman to An Timthire, 11 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/183 (41–3).
81 MD to HS, 19 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (19).
82 HS to CS, 27 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (16).
83 Chairman to An Timthire, 3 June 1927 P69/183 (3–4).
84 Unsigned to HS, 31 May 1924 [1927], in MTUCDA P69/48 (13); HS to CS, 26 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (11 and 14); George wrote that he needed £40 to £50 after he made the purchases for ‘James’.
85 Leonard, Secret Soldiers of the Revolution, pp. 74–7. New York Times, 13 May 1927.
86 HS to CS, 16 Mayy 1924 [1927], in MTUCDA P69/48 (22).
87 MD to HS, 18 May 1927, in MTUCDA P69/48 (21).
88 HS to MD, 20 June 1924 [1927], in MTUCDA P69/48 (2).
89 HS to ‘Dear Sir’, 27 September 1924 [1927], in MTUCDA P69/150 (26).
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).
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sp; 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.
EPILOGUE
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.
APPENDIX 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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