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Intelligence report about an armed rising in Ireland

Abstract: Copy typescript intelligence report marked 'Secret'. States that 'Information has been received from an absolutely reliable source to the effect that the extreme Irish-American Party contemplates an armed rising in Ireland at an early date and is in communication with Germany with a view to obtaining German assistance'. Outlines the motivation of the 'local leaders' and states that it is understood that 'the rising should be timed for the 22nd April' and that arms will be delivered from Germany to Limerick.

In collection  Éamon de Valera Papers : British documents relating to 1916

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Original version
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 p.
18 x 11 cm
Languages
English  
Genre
Miscellaneous Documents
Subject
Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916   linked data (lcsh)
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.ucdlib_53987
Location
UCD Archives
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