ID12351
CollectionCaptured Documents
ReferenceLot34
Description

Cumann na mBan papers captured in 'Baby Club' 21 Werburgh Street, Dublin on 7 February 1923 includes letter dated 15 December 1922 from the assistant Adjutant General, IRA, to Hon Secs Cumann na mBan regarding the role of that organisation in the war; correspondence and documents relating to Irish Republican Prisoners Dependants' Fund (7 December 1922-December 1922); letters of 25 January 1923 from B. Ó Mhaolain, prisoner in Mountjoy, to the Cumann na mBan executive, requesting the issue of the order cancelling a hungerstrike by S. Humphreys and M. Comerford; reports on organisation and personnel of Cumann na mBan units in counties Kilkenny, Dublin, Carlow, Wexford, Kildare, Offaly, Laois and Tipperary (18 November 1922-21 January 1923); documents regarding proficiency tests undergone by Cumann na mBan personnel; reports dated 29 October 1922 and 5 January 1923 respectively regarding the participation of Cumann na mBan personnel in (i) raid on a house at Paulstown, County Kilkenny and (ii) rescue of wounded prisoner and clearing of arms dump in Dundalk area; directives from GHQ, IRA, regarding the submission of weekly intelligence reports (28 December 1922) and the acquisition of information from persons in contact with Free State troops and official agencies (3 January 1923); intelligence reports from Cumann na mBan units in counties Mayo, Dublin, Tipperary and Dublin city (27 October 1922-24 January 1923; miscellaneous correspondence regarding activities of Cumann na mBan (7 November 1922-4 February 1923).

AccessBy prior appointment.
Date1922-1923
Century20th
Keywords
Repository NameMilitary Archives
AddressMilitary Archives Cathal Brugha Barracks Rathmines Dublin 6
EircodeD06 RX00
Telephone(01) 804-6457
Email Addressmilitaryarchives@defenceforces.ie
Repository Web Addresshttps://www.militaryarchives.ie/en/home/
latitude53.32823
longitude-6.27041