ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21 ...

-19-formation and suddenly opened fire into the building. Isaw three young fellows run out and try to escape. Themilitary fired again, wounding one. The other twocivilians were chased and caught. They turned out to beCharlie Mansfield, Tommy Mooney from Ardmore and a chapnamed Power, a clerical student home on leave, who waswounded in the leg. The three prisoners were put intothe lorry with me and handcuffed. The car drove onfurther, for a mile or two, when young Power was released.The others were brought on to Ardmore with me, where wewere left in the barracks while the military were raidingin the village. We were then brought back, stillhandcuffed, to Dungarvan barracks again.About the end of December, 1920, the three of us -Mooney, Mansfield and myself- were again handcuffed andmarched under heavy escort to Dungarvan railway stationwhere we entrained for Fermoy barracks.We wereFermoy infor a week or so when we weretransferred to the British military camp at Kilworth, Co.Cork.We were in Kilworth about a fortnight when, onenight, about thirty of us prisoners were bundled into alorry and taken under armed escort to Cork gaol. Iremember seeing the city smouldering after being set onfire by the Tans as we passed through.From Cork gaol about sixty prisoners, includingmyself, were brought to Cobh in lorries and then, bytender, out to a British destroyer called "Waterhen".After fifteen hours at sea, during which some ofus had to sleep on the gun deck, we were landed at