Hello corisande, been reading the book you recommended, Executed for Ireland by May Moran.
I would be interested in your thoughts on Patrick Moran being in Upper Mount Street with an unidentified person on the Saturday evening before Bloody Sunday.
From the W.S. mentioned we know that P.Moran was present at 100 Seville Place on the Saturday evening and was given his instructions for the following morning by Sean Russell. We also know that details came in late that two of the S.S.Officers on the list had moved from 22 Lower Mount Street to 38 Upper Mount Street, Ame's and Bennett.
Could it be that P.Moran was asked or volunteered to go to 38 Upper Mount Street to check out the location or confirm details of this and was seen by Private Lawrence, Major Carew,s batman but managed to convince Lawrence of his story about the "distressed lady " who could have been the maid.
I cannot think of any other reason why P.Moran would be on the streets after curfew, especially in Upper Mount Street, when he was in charge of the operation at the Gresham Hotel the following morning, it does not make sense.
P.Moran and the other person did not report the incident or get a message to the volunteers who were to be involved in the Upper Mount Street operation to warn them of Lawrence, so it was not deemed important, perhaps they did not see where he had come from, I cannot quite get my head round this one. Let me know what you make of it.
CSM
