File 1 - Account Book of the Dublin Board of the Irish Volunteers

9 pp; 16 cm x 11 cm; Bound volume; manuscript

An account book of the Dublin City & County Board of the Irish Volunteers. The account is with the Munster and Leinster Bank Ltd., Dame Street, Dublin. A manuscript title on the front cover reads ‘Dublin Co. Volunteers / Dublin City & Co. Board / 26 Great Brunswick Street / 2 Dawson Street / Dublin / Treasurer / Frank Fahy’. The entries cover the period from 31 October 1915 to 30 June 1916. Includes references to many transactions on the account made by Philip Bernard Joseph Cosgrave (1884-1923), and to entries made by ‘Byrne’, ‘Hanarhan’, 'Hannigan', and others.

For biographical information on Philip Bernard Joseph Cosgrave (1884-1923) see https://www.dib.ie/biography/cosgrave-philip-bernard-joseph-a2076