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• W.S.
• NO.

Witness

• Corr
• Sean

Identity

• I.R.A.
• I.R.B.,
• 1915-1921.

Of

• I.V.
• and

Member

Subject

• District
• Carrickmore

from 1906 activities, Co.
National
Tyrone

Conditions, if

• any,
• by

Witness stipulated Nil

• File
• No.
• S.987

B.S.M.2.
Form

STATEMENT Carrickmore.
BY SEAN
CORR

• Late
• of
• in
• Co.
• Now

• living
• Tyrone.

Cabra,

Dublin.

Sinn in

• Fein
• was
• in Carrickmore

organised

The There

• Parish,
• County

1906. Club. was then known as the time members:-
Peter

• Tyrone,
• organisation

this

following was at of the

• an I.R.B.
• Centre

Dr. Fox, in
Patrick
James
Patrick
Dungannon Carrickmore composed

Michael Patrick
McCartan, McElduff, McNally,
Christy James
McCartan, Marshal,
Meenagh,
Tom

• Conway,
• McNally,

• Patrick
• and Bernard
• McCartan.

Quinn

Hobson addressed
The Chairman

• Bulmer
• a
• of the
• Club in

• the
• at

meeting of the of the Peace the men who were
Dungannon presided
1906 or

• 1907.
• who

Club,

• was a local
• Justice
• who id
• not

know that.

for meeting,

• the men
• the Club and
• behind

Bulmer responsible

• were
• Hobson to address

The the Club particularly

• the
• I.R.B.

getting meeting

• Chairman-was
• keen on the

allow any way
Organisation. objects

of

• the
• but' would not
• in
• hims elf

Club.
Dungannon consciously
Clubs,

• to be
• the

• associated
• with

to the

• The
• I.R.B.

Dungannon

remained

Volunteers

• in
• existence
• of

the National

• up
• starting

in the area.

• At
• of

• the start
• the Volunteers
• in
• the
• this
• area

organisation

arose of in was known a division as the National in the Volunteer and no until
Volunteers, organisation of

Companies question the split

1914.

There
The were six Loughmacrory,
These There except
Carrickmore
September

townlands. parish

• comprises
• eighteen

• the
• of Volunteers.
• in

Innishatieve, were Divisions and parish,

• namely,
• Creggan,

and
Carrickmore, Companies
Tromague controlled the above

• all
• Mullaghslin.

nearly

• the
• .0.H.
• were

in
A.O.H. Tromague

• in all
• by

districts
Carrickmore.
Company

2. the some

• 2
• the

members did not control of the with
In those Volunteers A.O.H.

• later
• A.O.H.

companies

• but were run
• I.R.B.

by

Company. each in personnel

• some
• the

• came to Carricikmore
• time before

White.
Casement
Roger

in 1914. took
He was by Captain

Volunteer
Captain in

• Split
• accompanied

of all
Borne

• White
• of

them

• a
• the

of

• charge
• Companies

exercises. parade

• and
• Then

• pariah
• through
• military

cannot put

• the
• remember
• the trend
• Casement
• addressed
• I

parade.

his address.

• On.
• 3rd or 4th

took following
Kildress,

• 1914
• a
• review
• of the
• the

• August
• great

• Co.
• Volunteers
• in

parishes
Volunteers

• place
• Greencastle,

took
Tyrone.

• the
• in this

Pomeroy men in this
Review:-

• from
• part.

I
Carrickmore,

about think,
Greencastle,

Dunmoyle. Volunteers and,

• There
• were
• All
• the

the
Review.
3,000

out on a mountainside next camped and
Greencastle near

• before
• for Mass at Greencastle.

• night
• paraded
• morning

• Darrell
• and

was the last sp1it.

• White
• took
• the salute
• at
• this
• Review

before

• Figgis
• Captain

This the

• of the Volunteers
• in

• big rally
• Tyrone

• The
• took
• late
• in
• 1914.
• All

place

of

• drilling
• split
• Sept.

the

members were

• left
• the

• in the
• Carrickmore

stopped

which

• except
• Tromogue
• Company

pariah

• continued
• as all

• drilling
• Company
• Republicans

Any
AK
Any
On

• the
• and
• Carrickmore
• Hibernian

on as Irish Volunteers. became the Volunteers

• Comp
• supporters

• the rest
• All
• the other
• carried

in the who left
The Hibernian
Companies

elements

• parish
• disorganised.

• became inactive.
• I
• believe

• of
• at
• that
• the followers

in the
John Redmond
Volunteers

• this
• time
• believed
• that

• of
• National
• involve
• a risk

• remaining
• might

• drafted
• into
• the British
• for
• service.

• being
• Army
• foreign

• I
• to
• the

• About
• October
• was
• I.R.B.

with contained and

• 1914,
• join

approached

Idid so.

members.
Before was

• the I.R.B.
• was
• I.R.B.

joining

given associating

• which all
• I
• and books

pamphlets

3.

• a
• of Carrick-

and

• was
• native

McGarrity

the local

• Republican
• Propaganda.
• Joseph

• with
• more and he was in touch
• I.R.B.

organisation

of

• members of the I.R.B.
• each issue
• The Irish

The
Village were

• sent
• home to local

• and The Gaelic
• to
• World