The Singing Flame

armoured car arms army asked attack barracks battalion boys Brigade British building camp carried Castle Cathal Brugha cell Chief of Staff Collins command Cumann na mBan Dail Eireann despatch Dinny division dome door Dublin enemy Ernie O'Malley escape Executive explosives face felt fight fire Four Courts Frank Aiken Free garrison gate going grenades guard hands hard Headquarters Staff heard held hospital Humphreys hunger-strike Ireland Irish jail Joe McKelvey knew laughed Liam Lynch Liam Mellows Limerick looked machine-gun McKelvey meeting military morning Mountjoy moved Mulcahy munitions night O'Connell officers organization Oscar Traynor Paddy O'Brien paper police prisoners raid Republican revolver rifles Rory O'Connor Sean Lemass seemed sent sentries shooting shot shouted side slowly smile soldiers Staters stood Street surrender talked Tan war thought Tipperary told treaty truce Valera walked walls wing wounded