The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 2 - Number 28

Seán Mac Diarmada was jailed in Mountjoy under the Defence of the Realm Act for giving a speech in Tuam, Co. Galway during which he referred to England’s difficulty being Ireland’s opportunity and urged active opposition to British Army recruiting. The paper comments: “Seán Mac Diarmada is an honest man, a man without fear and without reproach, whose public words and acts are undeniably dictated by one motive, his devotion to Irish nationality.”

The ‘Headquarters Bulletin’ reports a rising tide of work for Volunteer HQ, with increasing queries about forming companies and areas seeking organisers. As a result staff at HQ was increased. The paper carries the order of Commandant PH Pearse, Director of Organisation, designating the Fingal Battalion as the Fifth Battalion of the Dublin Brigade.

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