File 15 - War of Independence and Civil War in Connemara

1 folder (c. 150pp)

Copy letters from Tim Robinson to Proinsias Mac Aonghusa on a book the latter wishes to publish on the War of Independence in Connemara. (1986)

Handwritten reminiscences from John Barlow, (Roundstone newsagent). The first is in Tim Robinson's handwriting, and is entitled 'Notes on War of Independence and Civil War from conversations with John Barlow', dated 18 March - 20 April 1986. It begins with the arrival of Black and Tans in Seana Chaolla, and ends with a story about Derrynasliggaun Lodge being occupied by the Irregulars during the War of Independence. Reminiscences include an account of the recruitment methods adopted during World War 1, 'A Bird's Eye View of the Anglo Irish and Civil Wars in Galway and Connemara', 'A Birds Eye View of the Civil War Years in Ireland 1922-1923'. An account of the Emergency Years in Ireland. Copies of orders in John Barlow's possession relating to licence duty, the O'Dowd family, guidelines on handling weapons issued to the LDF, and a newspaper story about Ernie O'Malley.

Photocopies from:

'With the IRA in the Fight for Freedom, 1919 to the Truce, a book of essays published in Kerry before 1958 (undated). Covers the West Connemara Column at Mounterown, 23 April 1921.
'West Connemara IRA, Organisation and Operation', statement by Captain P J McDonnell.

Five pages of Tim Robinson's handwritten notes from sources such as St. John Gogarty's 'As I was Going Down Sackville St', Padraic O'Farrelly's 'Who's Who in the Irish War of Independence', and some notes on the Marconi station written on the back of a personal email from Nuala O'Faoláin towards the end of her life.

Anonymous letter to Tim Robinson telling a story about Stephen Conneely from Rosmuc, postmark on envelope suggests it was sent some time in the 2000s.

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01/09/2023
16/07/2025