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suburbs. By 9 September, British Intelligence had reported that CID was believed to have, "killed a number of prominent republicans" in Dublin. There were many other such killings of Anti-Treaty activists by plain-clothed men in the Dublin area during the war, such as Bobby Bondfield in March 1923
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of the Free State's National Army. Ennis brought with him about fifteen of his old Republican Police to Oriel House and they formed the nucleus of the new "CID". Initially, it was to have been a military structure, but the "privates" of 1922 ended up as "detective officers" by its disbandment in
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and was based at Oriel House. It consisted of over 100 heavily armed men and three women detectives who were "cloaked" as typists and "engaged in special duties connected with the detection of women engaged in hostilities against the Government." The unit later reached a peak strength of 350 in
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On 22 August 1922 (the same day as Collins' death in an ambush), the Criminal Investigation Department was officially formed to "be distinct from existing police forces with separate headquarters under the direct control of the Minister for Home Affairs." It was formed from members of the
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A study of the period concluded, "Oriel House succeeded in its task of suppressing small-scale republican activities in the Dublin area, not by the sophistication and efficiency of its intelligence work ... but by the more direct method of striking terror into its opponents."
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During the conflict of 1922–1923, the CID was responsible for the arrest of over 500 Anti-Treaty IRA fighters as well as the seizure of much weaponry and documentation. It had files on over 2,500 republican suspects.
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Among a large number of incidents in which the CID was implicated was the killing of five republicans in two separate incidents on 26 and 29 August 1922 and the dumping of the bodies in
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It is possible, however, that some of these killings were carried out by other agencies such as elements of the National Army, or by soldiers and CID men, but popularly attributed to "
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1923. Broy, Nelligan and MacNamara, of the DMP "G" Branch, were there in the beginning, but all got high ranks in the National Army Intelligence Department and went instead to
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It was also accused of using brutal interrogation techniques and of the assassination of republican suspects and prisoners.
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A total of four CID personnel were killed in the war. A number of attempts were also made to blow up Oriel House itself.
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police force. The unit was formed shortly after the truce with the British (11 July 1921) and disbanded in October 1923.
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Moynihan selected Peter Ennis as "Chief Superintendent". Ennis had been the commanding officer of the
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On 29 October 1923, the Oriel House CID was disbanded and 30 of its members were transferred to the
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in Dublin during the 1919–1921 war, and was a brother of General
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Defending Ireland: the Irish state and its enemies since 1922
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Counter-insurgency police unit in Ireland, active 1921 - 1923
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as detectives. They later formed the basis of the Garda
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Index

Free State Intelligence Department – Oriel House
Irish Free State
plain-clothed
counter-insurgency
Irish Civil War
Civic Guard
Michael Collins, who formed the CID
Michael Collins
Irish Republican Army
Irish War of Independence
the Squad
Oriel House
Westland Row
Liam Tobin
TD
Joseph McGrath
National Army
Irish Republican Police
Irish Republican Police
Tom Ennis
Wellington Barracks
Drumcondra
Clondalkin
Noel Lemass
Thomas Derrig
Oriel House
executions during the Irish Civil War
Dublin Metropolitan Police
Special Branch
Garda Síochána

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