1915 AD

                                                                                                                                                               "Irish Republic on the Move."

1915 AD Augustine Birrell, the British Imperial Chief Secretary in Ireland, "repressed" all types of Irish activity in Ireland with the assistance of the British Military Forces and their R.I.C. police who were also at his "disposal," by carrying out "arrests," "coercion" and "imprisonment" now on the general population in Ireland.

March 10th: The high command of the "Irish Volunteers" were re - organized, and Patrick Pearse, Michael O Rahilly "The O Rahilly," Joseph Plunkett and Bulwer Hobson were to be their overall "Commanders" at their headquarters, while Edward Daly, Thomas Mac Donagh, Eammon Kent / Ceannt and Eamonn de Valera were to be the "Commanders" of their 4  Irish Volunteer Dublin Brigade Battalions.

March 11th: Patrick Pearse asked Eamonn de Valera to attend a meeting to discuss their future plans with the other 3 Irish Volunteer Dublin Brigade commanders.

March 13th: Patrick Pearse then held another meeting with the 4 Irish Volunteer Dublin Brigade commanders, to discuss the possibility of conducting an "Irish Uprising" in September, using "Howth" as the code word for their signal that they would then be ready to push on with their Uprising and Thomas Mac Donagh became the "overall" Dublin Brigade Commander of these 4 Irish Volunteer Brigade Divisions, while Eammon de Valera became their "Adjutant "who was also to command their 3rd Brigade Battalion and he was further informed that if he wanted to know what was really going on overall, he would have to become a member of the I.R.B. / Irish Republican Brotherhood, who were really the ones who were running the overall plan now, so he joined the I.R.B.

May: Edward Carson,who was the "leader" of the "Official Unionists" in the Ulster Province, now joined in with the British Coalition Cabinet in England, which would last until 1916 AD under Herbert Asquith who had been the previous British Liberal Prime Minister, while John Redmond the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party "declined" to join in with them, while Andrew Bonar - Law, who was now the Conservative leader in England, was to be appointed the British Imperial Colonial Secretary in this new British Coalition Government also until 1916, who would eventually also become in the future the British Conservative Prime Minister from 1922 - 1923 AD.

   Tom Clarke the Old Republican, who was to set up the I.R.B Military Council with the younger John Mac Dermot / Sean Mac Diarmaid and Patrick Pearse the barrister and poet, who had an English father and an Irish mother, who would become the "overall leader" of the Irish Republican Brotherhood / I.R.B. in Ireland. 

      John Mac Dermot / Sean Mac Diarmada advised P. S. O Hegarty / Ua hEigceartaigh that the Irish Republican Brotherhood / I.R.B. were intending to carry out an "Irish Uprising" against the British Imperial Government's Dublin Castle authorities (The Devil's 1/2 acre) in Dublin, and that they were well aware that they would have to "sacrifice their lives" while trying to regain Irish Independence / Irish Freedom from further British Imperialism being carried out under their "Immoral Union."

    James Connolly, the socialist Labour leader, was now also the "editor" of the Worker's Republic newspaper while endevouring to make life better for the working class in Ireland. 

    The Gaelic League now had 600 branches throughout Ireland, and they decided to hold their Ard Fheis Convention at Dundalk in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster, where a "motion" was passed under the pressure of the I.R.B. / Irish Republican Brotherhood members who were by now well and truly involved in it, which stated that, "The previous Gaelic League rule, that it be "non - political," be abolished, and a clause inserted stating that a "Free Ireland" now be included in the aims of the Gaelic League." This amendment upset Douglas Hyde, who would later become the 1st President of Ireland, and he "resigned" the next day as the "Chairman" of the Gaelic League, due to it now being a "political" association. Eoin Mac Neill who was from the Ulster Province was then "elected" to be the new "Chairman" in his place, and this now meant that the Gaelic League was well and truly under the control of the Irish Nationalists, as a movement for a Free and Independent Gaelic Ireland.  

    Michael Collins' older brother, Patrick Collins, seeing which way the  wind was now blowing and realising that his younger brother was "fuilly committed" to the cause of Irish Independence / Freedom, decided to try to have him emigrate to America, to get him out of the way of all of the trouble that seemingly now lie ahead in Ireland to try and regain Irish Independence / Freedom.

July: John Redmond, the "leader" of the Irish Parliamentary Party, who was still committed to a "democratic" way of gaining reform in Ireland was still not aware what was really going on in Ireland to physically regain Irish Independence, and he still did not believe that any "Irish Insurrection" would occur in Ireland at this time.

    Thomas Kent / Ceannt was already a member of the "Supreme Council" of the I.R.B. / Irish Republic Brotherhood, and John Mac Dermot / Sean Mac Diarmada who had been among those "imprisoned" by the British Imperial Government was also co - opted to the I.R.B. Military Council, while Thomas Mac Donagh the poet and overall Irish Volunteer Brigade Commander joined in with them also, and the young Sean Thomas Lemass from Dublin who would become a future Prime Minister of Ireland in 1957, while Tomas Derrig from Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province, who had also been educated by the Christian Brothers, now also joined the "Irish Volunteers."  

   Dennis Mac Cullough, Liam Mellowes and Ernest Blythe, were advised by the British Imperial Coalition Government's Dublin Castle (The Devill's 1/2 Acre) authorities to "leave" Ireland or else and when they refused they too were "arrested" and "imprisoned," which was to also "upset" many members of the popuilation in Ireland, while Austin Stack who was to be a commandant in the 1916 Irish Easter Rising to come, was also "arrested" and "imprisoned." Sean O Hegarty from  Co. Cork in Southern Munster and Alec Mac Cabe from Co. Sligo in the north - east of the Connacht Province, were another two who were also "arrested" but when they were tried by a jury they were "acquitted," so "no more" political jury trials were held again by the British Imperial Coalition Government, who were then to resort to using "paid" Magistrates and British Imperial Court Martials in the future to "sentence" any other members of the Irish population they desired to imprison.  

   Helena Molony, who was the "Secretary" of the Irish Women's Workers Union, was a very strong advocate also for Irish independence at this time.

August 15th:  Jeremiah O Donavon of Rossa, who had been one of the original I.R.B. / Fenians, was to die in America, and Patrick Pearse and the I.R.B. / Fenians there in America who were members of the Clann na Gael / The Organization decided to return his body back to Ireland to also revive the I.R.B. / Fenian tradition and the Irish Spirit, and when his casket was to arrive back into Ireland they held a "grand parade" along the way as they conveyed him to the Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin where he was to be interred. Patrick Pearse as the leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood / I.R.B. was topersonally read his eulogy, in which he expressed the opinion, "That Ireland would never know peace, until she was Free and Independent, and that all of the Fenian graves would always remind the Irish population of this fact."

    Due to the previous never ending British Imperial "oppression" there were by now 15 separate "active" Irish "revolutionary" groups operating in Ireland at this time, who were all endeavouring in one way or another to bring about their "individual" hopes for Irish Independence / Freedom, who were all still "divided" while doing there own thing to acheive this goal from British Imperialism.

     Michael Collins, who was now 24 years of age, and who was to be a future outstanding Irish "leader", was still at this time in England, where he also joined the Irish Volunteers, and was involved with also there who were now impatient for something to occur to change the overall "situation" for the general Irish population in Ireland, as he had no intention of fighting the British Imperial War against Germany, and in desperate frustration of it all was even looking at the other alternative previously proposed by his brother, of going off to "America."  

    Standish Hayes O Grady (1832 - 1915) the writer, died.

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