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Shortly after 5pm on the 2nd, January 1916, I went to Cole's house, Mountjoy Square, Dublin, where, while waiting in the kitchen for tea, I jotted my coded notes for my report to
Scotland. I then went to the room where I met
270:. He married Anna Harrison in 1894, who had been born in the USA. The couple moved to Dublin and had three sons. Harrison died in 1921, and Cole married Mary Redden in 1928, with whom he had two daughters.
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seems to have been a regular meeting place for senior figures within that movement. The notes of Seamus Reader, an Irish
Volunteer from Glasgow, record a meeting on 2 January 1916 at Cole's house:
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meetings at his home, the assembly having been driven underground in
September 1919. He was arrested by the military at his home at No. 3 Mountjoy Square in 1920.
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Cole was born in
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230:(15 May 1866 – 26 April 1943) was an Irish merchant and politician in the early twentieth century. Prior to the foundation of the
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As a well-off supporter of the underground Irish republican movement in the early twentieth century, his house on
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935:
891:
849:
711:
680:
415:
361:
353:
279:
189:
38:
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773:
469:
337:
51:
944:
909:
867:
540:
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858:
316:
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247:
145:
32:
210:
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and the foundation of the Irish Free State, he was elected a pro-Treaty
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and all of whom were executed the following May, as leaders of the
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Resurrection of Ireland: The Sinn FĂ©in Party, 1916-1923
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in 1925. He was later a commissioner for
Mountjoy Square.
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and three seats available. Cole stood again in Cavan as a
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Cole is also documented as having hosted provisional
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1324:People of the Irish Civil War (Pro-Treaty side)
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673:"Mr. Walter Leonard Cole, 3 Mountjoy Square"
601:. Cambridge University Press. p. 401.
244:Sinn FĂ©in Printing & Publishing Company
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743:
408:"Civilians arrested By Military in Dublin"
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20:
623:"3rd Dail - Cavan First Preference Votes"
444:. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 149.
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738:UCD Archives collection of Cole's papers
383:Cole unsuccessfully ran for election to
502:. Bureau of Military History. p. 3
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264:St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool
204:St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool
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7:
311:All of whom were signatories to the
242:, he was a founding director of the
468:Dempsey, Pauric J. (October 2009).
313:Proclamation of the Irish Republic
14:
704:"Mountjoy Square for the Public"
1314:Cumann na nGaedheal politicians
524:The Georgian Squares of Dublin
1:
556:Dáil Éireann Mountjoy Square.
475:Dictionary of Irish Biography
1273:Constituency abolished. See
16:Irish politician (1866–1943)
573:Oireachtas Members Database
546:. Oxford University Press.
521:Heagney, John (2006). "3".
376:candidate at the following
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992:
968:
966:
952:
950:
934:
932:
925:
923:
917:
833:
828:
823:
818:
794:Cavan (Dáil constituency)
785:
538:McCracken, J. L. (1958).
497:"WS 1767 (Seamus Reader)"
364:with one other opponent,
221:
167:Anna Harrison (1894–1921)
84:
57:
46:
30:
593:Laffan, Michael (1999).
238:for a period. An active
1319:Members of the 3rd Dáil
170:Mary Redden (1928–1943)
470:"Cole, Walter Leonard"
309:
438:Kelly, M. J. (2006).
380:but was not elected.
378:1923 general election
350:1922 general election
652:ElectionsIreland.org
627:ElectionsIreland.org
527:. Four Courts Press.
268:University of London
254:in the early 1900s.
216:University of London
1309:Early Sinn FĂ©in TDs
684:. 12 September 1925
419:. 18 September 1920
374:Cumann na nGaedheal
228:Walter Leonard Cole
152:Cumann na nGaedheal
346:Cavan constituency
331:Anglo-Irish Treaty
252:Dublin Corporation
246:. He also led the
37:Cole (right) with
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970:John Joe O'Reilly
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1241:Patrick O'Reilly
1158:Patrick O'Reilly
1141:Patrick O'Reilly
1098:Patrick O'Reilly
1064:Patrick McGovern
1047:Patrick McGovern
1030:Michael Sheridan
963:1925 by-election
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648:"Walter L. Cole"
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360:stood alongside
342:3rd Dáil Éireann
232:Irish Free State
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89:Personal details
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21:
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1226:
1224:Tom Fitzpatrick
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1160:
1143:
1134:
1117:
1100:
1075:
1073:John James Cole
1066:
1049:
1032:
1015:
1013:John James Cole
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956:
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938:
936:John James Cole
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912:
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894:
892:Arthur Griffith
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861:
852:
850:Arthur Griffith
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771:
734:
729:
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362:Arthur Griffith
354:Irish Civil War
280:Mountjoy Square
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190:Mountjoy Square
173:
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139:Political party
122:
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99:
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63:
58:
42:
39:Arthur Griffith
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
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1275:Cavan–Monaghan
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982:
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954:Patrick Baxter
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784:
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317:Easter Rising
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258:Personal life
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148:(Pro-Treaty)
119:(1943-04-26)
75:Constituency
67: –
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52:Teachta Dála
18:
1304:1943 deaths
1299:1866 births
1258:John Wilson
1007:1927 (Sep)
987:Paddy Smith
981:1927 (Jun)
945:Seán Milroy
910:Seán Milroy
868:Seán Milroy
790:transcluded
719:6 September
688:6 September
423:6 September
358:Seán Milroy
131:Nationality
104:15 May 1866
69:August 1923
1293:Categories
1215:John Tully
1132:John Tully
552:B0006D7GSU
481:8 December
391:References
329:After the
297:J Connolly
289:Tom Clarke
240:republican
211:Alma mater
100:1866-05-15
1200:1961–1977
877:1921–1923
632:6 January
356:. He and
335:Sinn FĂ©in
248:Sinn FĂ©in
200:Education
146:Sinn FĂ©in
126:, Ireland
109:, England
107:Liverpool
65:June 1922
60:In office
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904:(PT-SF)
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836:(Party)
816:Election
657:27 April
578:27 April
305:McDonagh
301:P Pearse
274:Politics
266:and the
236:alderman
178:Children
1218:(CnaP)
1198:3 seats
1135:(CnaP)
1101:(CnaT)
973:(CnaG)
948:(CnaG)
875:3 seats
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826:(Party)
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804:history
802:|
368:of the
348:at the
161:Spouses
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1076:(Ind)
1050:(NCP)
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834:Deputy
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605:
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194:Dublin
124:Dublin
41:(left)
1269:1977
1261:(FF)
1252:1973
1244:(FG)
1235:1969
1227:(FG)
1209:1965
1194:(FF)
1185:1961
1177:1957
1169:1954
1161:(FG)
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1126:1948
1109:1944
1092:1943
1084:1938
1067:(FG)
1058:1937
1041:1933
1033:(FF)
1024:1932
990:(FF)
957:(FP)
921:1923
886:1922
871:(SF)
862:(SF)
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844:1921
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506:1 May
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