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

20.The organisation of. this system occupied quite an appreciableamount of time. While working on the-organisation of thisaspect of the work I arranged call houses and dispatch ridersfor Brigade Communications. The men engaged on this work hadto have suitable transport available at particular points, e.g.,boats to cross rivers; horses to travel cross country andbicycles in good condition in every area. I can say withsafety that never once during the progress of the war didarrangements on the communications lines fail.At this stage Brigade Council meetings were held atmonthly intervals. They were attended by the officers on thebrigade staff and the 0/C. of each battalion. As occasiondemanded,other battalion officers with local or specialisedknowledge were called in to assist and advise. As there wasno fixed H.Q., the journeys to Brigade Council meetings oftentook two or three days. H.Q. was continually moving around thearea, being located at various centres for periods of two tothree weeks at a time. As stated in the previous paragraph,there were a few occasions on which it had to be moved at veryshort notice. Amongst the houses at which Brigade H.Q. was setup at one time or another were:- Delaney's (Coppeen), Farrell's(Clogher, Dunmanway), Hurley's (Shanacrane), Manning's(Shanacrane West), Nugent's (Dunbacon, Durrus), McCarthy's(Charagh), Kingston's (Toureen, Skibbereen), Humphrey Ford's(Ballymurphy), O'Mahoney's (Belrose, Upton), Crowley's(Trenamadree) and Nyhan's (Castletownkenneigh).With Liam Deasy and Mossy Donegan I travelled to Cork Cityon the evening of 12th August 1920. We had been summoned toattend a meeting at the Courthouse, Cork, at 9 p.m. When wearrived at the meeting place we were met by Donal ÓgO'Callaghan who informed us that a mistake in our' notices had