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Oglaigh na hEireann [I.R.A.] Police Headquarters (Cork, 1st Brigade), 19.10.1921.

A.L. on headed paper to O/C. I.V.P. [Irish Volunteer Police] 7th Batt., stating that A prisoner from...

Oglaigh na hEireann [I.R.A.] Police Headquarters (Cork, 1st Brigade), 19.10.1921.

A.L. on headed paper to O/C. I.V.P. [Irish Volunteer Police] 7th Batt., stating that A prisoner from Kilmurray, who was working at Crookstown and taken in for a robbery at Eyrecourt by men from 3rd Batt. .. was forcibly released from his guard on 28/10/21 by two men from Kilmurray .. [sgd] O/C I.V.P. Cork I.

Single sheet, punched for filing (no loss), stained and frayed.

Documents relating to Republican policing are rare.


Provenance: Collection of Jack Lynch TD, formerly on loan to Cork Public Museum.

 

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