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ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU of MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21 STATEMENT by WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. L,043 Witness Colonel Joseph V. Lawle

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ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU of MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21 STATEMENT by WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. L,043 Witness Colonel Joseph V. Lawle ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21 STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. l,043 Witness Colonel Joseph V. Lawless, "C" House, Cathal. Brugha Barracks, Dublin. Identity Lieut. Swords Coy. up to 1916; Brigade Engineer Officer Fingal Brigade later; Commissioned Officer National Army and member of Investigating staff of Bureau, 1954. Subject. National activities, North Co. Dublin, 1911-1922. Conditions, if any, Stipulated by Witness. Nil File No S.611 Form B.S.M.2 RECOLLECTIONS OF THE ANGLO - IRISH WAR 1916-1921 by Colonel J. V. Lawless CONTENTS Pages Preface Historic background of Fingal 1 to 10 the in Chapter I. The formation of Fianna 1911. 1 to 21 The Volunteers of 1913. The outbreak of European War 1914. The Howth Gunrunning. The Volunteer Split. The Volunteer Parade at Limerick. My introduction to the I.R.B. O'Donovan Rossa's funeral. Ticknock Training Camp. Picture of life in Swords and the Chapter II. .23 to 45. Surrounding districts in 1915. A Plantation of 1790. Various national activities in Fingal during 1915. The Royal Irish Constabulary. Some reminiscences of a closing age. Agricultural economies and the War Boom. Nationalist reaction in the farming community. National culture in Fingal. The Black Raven Pipers of Lusk. The Volunteer organisation and training in Fingal. Indications of the coming Rising. Easter Sunday and the cancelled parade. A dash to Liberty Hall for orders. Thomas Ashe of Dingle commands the Fingallians. We are dismissed. as the Chapter III. Fairyhouse Races traditional 47 to 62 rendezvous of the natives of Fingal on Easter Monday. The arrival of a courier at Saucerstown bearing Pearse's order for the start of the Rising. Spreading the news on a motor bike. The gathering at Knocksedan. Some reflections on the name, and ancient historic associations, of Knocksedan. I am given a mission. The demolition of Rogerstown Bridge. Our camp at Finglas. An abortive night raid. Twenty men to Dublin town. Dick and two others us. Chapter IV. Mulcahy join 64 to 81 We move our camp to Knocksedan. Reorganisation of the force. Raids on Swords and Donabate. We get a copy of the "War News" from the G.P.O. Some more stragglers join us. Night move to Garristown and fruitless raid on the barracks there. Disaffection in camp and a purge of the ranks. We again move camp to Borranstown. Pages A mission. of Ashbourne Chapter V. raiding Siege 83 to 117 Barracks. Surprise arrival of police reinforcements. Police also surprised by their reception. Regrouping our forces to meet the situation. We require our reserve section from the camp at Borranstown. Meanwhile the police position is surrounded. Some details of our position in rear of the section arrives police. Ourreserve unannounced in our rear and causespanic. We fire on each other. The false alarm causes Order from Ashe for withdrawal of our force. Mulcahy explains matters and readjusts our force for attack on enemy position. First sign of crumbling enemy morale, surrender of eleven police. Assault of the police rere. Death of Jack Crennigan and District Inspector H. Smith. Capitulation of entire enemy force. Some reflections on watching the passing of a brave enemy. The fruits of victory. Chapter VI. The of the We move Spirit Rising. 119 to 147 camp to Newbarn. We prepare for attack on our camp by enemy cavalry. An enemy emissary brings an astounding message from Pearse. From the heights of victory we plumb the depths of despair. Mulcahy visits Pearse in his cell at Arbour Hill Barracks to have the surrender order confirmed by him. Frank lawless offers us a promise of future victory. Voluntary prisoners without a guard. Souvenirs. Prisoners under escort. Richmond Barracks. I become a casualty. The leaders of the Rising. We pass through the ashes of a dead city. Aboard ship. Knutsford. Chapter VII. The solitude of Knutsford Prison. 149 to 170 Hunger as a daily companion. Rambling thoughts. We hear of the executions in Dublin. A Commission of Inquiry from the War Office. Bullying sergeants. Mass in Knutsford Prison. Letters from home. Visitors. The penalty of gluttony. The medicine man. A welcome change in our conditions. Daily visitors. Plenty of food. Bearded faces are tidied up a little. We have a champion among the guards. We hear of Kitchener's death. Rumours of our removal to an internment camp. Alfie Byrne pays us a visit and confirm the rumour. The difficulty of kissing a girl across a rope. First steps towards intellectual development. Prison as a melting pot. Pages Chapter VIII. frongoch Camp among the Welsh 172 to 193 Mountains. Colonel 'Buckshot' and Sergeant Major 'Jack-knives'. We elect Administrative Officers and organise our domestic affairs. Frongoch becomes the University of Irish Nationalism. The I.R.B. appears within the wire. Father Larry Stafford is appointed Chaplain to the camp and finds us somewhat difficult. The sitting of the Advisory Committee is mooted. A Route march up the mountains. A trip to London. Wandsworth Jail. The Sankey Committee. Back in Frongoch we are fully occupied by sports, arts, crafts and study. The July and August releases make us feel lonely. A bleak outlook for the incorrigible. with a difference. The Chapter IX. Frongoch enemy 195-215. attempts to conscript certain prisoners for military service. Certain leading prisoners are taken from the camp and sent to Reading Jail. Outline of daily life in camp at this period. The ashpit strike. Further enemy attempts at conscription of prisoners. The hunger-strike. A new attempt to identify individual prisoners causes another strike. Stalemate. Some incidents in the daily life of the strikers. Release, and something of our reactions to the news. On the way home. Dublin once more. I recover some of my arms. Chapter X. Reorganisation of Volunteers and 217-234. other national bodies. The National Aid. My position at home. A romance in the background. Sinn Fein takes the field in parliamentary elections. Hurleys become weapons of war. Release of sentenced prisoners. More electioneering. Visit from R.I.C. a sergeant to haul down my flag. Death of Tom Ashe in Mountjoy Jail. The Ashe funeral. Further Volunteer reorganisation in Fingal. A turning point in my career is reached. Pages a in Chapter XI. Archie Heron becomes factor 235-256 my life. We open a business in partnership. Our shop at 198 Parnell Street. The 5th Battalion becomes the Fingal Brigade. The South Armagh Election. The conscription crisis. The problem of arming the swelling numbers of new Volunteer units. Attempt to meet the difficulty by manufacture of crude bombs. The beginning of the Parnell St. bomb factory. Some details of its growth and method of working. Description of the bombs produced. Father, a "German Plot" prisoner in England, is elected a member of Parliament for North Co. Dublin and becomes thereby a member of the First Dáil Éireann. I become the owner of a motor car. I have de Valera as a passenger on his escape from Lincoln Jail. The raid on Collinstown Aerodrome. Chapter XII. Recovering some of the Collinstown 257-276 loot from its temporary dump. A box of Verey light cartridges is overlooked in my car. Something of the general political situation at the end of 1918 and first months of 1919. A declaration of An Dáil gives the Volunteers a new status as the I.R.A. We laughed and we sang in spite of foreboding clouds. The "G" men raid the Parnell Street bomb factory. My ability as an actor receives a severe test. Hally finds the Verey light cartridges. I have to think and act fast to sustain my role of innocence. A raid on my lodgings. Arrested by the "G" men. Lodged in the Bridewell. I am unaccountably released after two days. Chapter XIII. Parting company with the Parnell St. 278-294 shop I go into the motor business. An abortive raid on a train at Ashtown Station. I meet some of the Tipperary and East Limerick Volunteers and hear something of their story. Appointed to the Fingal Brigade staff as engineer officer. The new political situation resulting from the formation of An Dáil as the native Irish Government. Military Intelligence Intelligenceon a superior scale is developed by Nick Collins. The shooting of Detective Sergeant Paddy Smith. War on the G.men results in the collapse of this British intelligence agency. pages. Chapter XIII. Death of my sister, Ita. Evidences of impending enemy (continued) offensive. The Sinn Féin Courts. My father and others arrested in a British military raid on 76 Harcourt St., the office of the Dáil Ministry of Finance. Sean Boylan claims my assistance in the matter of transport. The capture of Ballivor R.I.C. Barracks. XIV. Destruction of Dublin newspaper Chapter 295-310 offices and the attack on Lord French at the end of 1919. Local elections. Purchase of a British army motor truck. Roundup of the Longwood gang by Meath Brigade. Arrest of the murderers of Mark Clinton, in course of which we are pursued by an armoured car. General situation in Summer of 1920. Appearance of the 'Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries. Destruction of evacuated R.I.C. barracks, an incident at Raheny. Chapter XV. The first bus service to Howth. Business difficulties with the 311-330 qhickening of the war tempo. A Lough Derg pilgrimage. Dail Fisheries Committee. My sister, Eibhlin, enters Gloucester St. Convent. Fingal Brigade dissatisfied with its own inactivity. The sack of Balbriggan. The arrest, trial and execution of an enemy intelligence agent known as Jack Straw. Some recollections of my contact with officers of the South Tipperary Brigade.
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