18 December 2015
The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 2 - Number 54
This is described as the Special Christmas Number and has many advertisements.
Francis Sheehy Skeffington’s anti-war lecture tour in the United States is reported. He is under threat of arrest by the British authorities on his return to Ireland and was told by a British agent in New York that if he dropped his anti-recruiting position there would be “no trouble” on his return.
There is a page-long report of Fianna Éireann activities, including the appointment of Eamonn Martin as Commandant of the Dublin Battallion and Seán Mac Aodha (Seán Heuston) as Vice-Commandant.
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