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Dublin / Re: Irish Citizen Army/Irish Volunteers * Info Needed
« on: Friday 30 August 13 07:02 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I've just come across this did you ever get anywhere? Daniel Courtney fought at Annesley Bridge, GPO, Imperial Hotel, Mansfield's, and then back to the GPO. His son Bernard was  actually based in Jacob's Factory under Thomas McDonagh.

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Dublin / Re: Frank Moss - Look up?
« on: Wednesday 05 June 13 10:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I've just come across this. Frank Moss was an agricultural labourer who seems to have moved around the farmland districts of Meath/North Dublin during the harvesting seasons. By 1913 he was an organizer for the Irish Transport and General Workers Union and played a pivotal role in the farmworker's end of what is known as The Great Lockout of 1913.( It's the centenary so there's loads of stuff on this on-line. A bit too complex to go into here.) Secret Royal Irish Constabulary reports identified Moss as the chief instigator of trouble among North County Dublin Farmhands and he was targeted by them in order to restore peace. Moss was charged with intimidation at Swords Assize on 24th October 1913 and sentenced to 4 months hard labour. He immediately went on Hunger Strike and efforts to force feed him lead to massive protests and marches. On release he started to organize in others areas such as Finglas and shared platforms with both James Larkin and James Connolly among others. He also founded the Swords Company of the Irish Citizen Army in 1914 in which he served as Treasurer. During the reorganization of the ICA by James Connolly he was elected to the Army Council. As the Agricultural Strike collapsed Swords was still being identified by the RIC as militant and active and continued to have extra police drafted into the town to protect "Free" or Blackleg labour imported by the local landowners. At a guess I would say that Moss' health was broken by his prison terms in 1914 and after. It was fairly common as the treatment and conditions back then was fairly brutal.

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Dublin / Re: "C" Company 4th Battalion< Dublin Brigade & 26th Battalion Oglaigh na H-Eireann
« on: Saturday 16 April 11 13:38 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I've just come across this discussion and though you might like the photo I've attached. It's my grandfather, Robert Flanagan, in his Lieutenants uniform of H Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade from about 1919. As photo's in uniform are relatively rare from the War of Independence I thought you might appreciate it. He was wounded during the attack on Monk's Bakery, having a large part of his scull shot away, rushed to Jervis Street Hospital where he was operated on by a friendly surgeon, and taken out of there to Cork Street, where he remained for much of the rest of the War of Independence re-couperating. I also have a photograph of him in his kilt which he shared with Kevin Barry and which is now in the National Museum.

I'm wondering if anyone can help with information about his brother James "Jimmy" Flanagan. Like my grandfather he was born in Derry but moved to Dublin following their older brother Patrick who ran the Wood Print Works, producing large amounts of propaganda for Michael Collins and Erskine Childers among others.

Jimmy was firmly anti-treaty and on his death in March 1941 Con Lehane gave the graveside oration and among those at the funeral were Alderman Tom Kelly, Mrs Cathal Brugha, Sean McBride and many others well known back then. There were a number of obituaries in the  papers of the day. However while both his brothers activities are rather well known in the family we have virtually no knowledge of what Jimmy got up to other than he was interned in the curragh 1936 for 12 months which broke his health. Id appreciate any light anyone can shed on him during that period.

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