Meeting of IRA GHQ and Southern Brigades
GHQ staff and representatives of southern brigades present including: Brugha (Dáil Minister of Defense); Mulcahy (Chief of Staff); Collins (Director of Intelligence); O’Sullivan (IRA Adj Gen); McMahon (QM Gen); O’Connor (Director of Engineering); O’Hegarty (Director of Organisation); McKee (Director of Training); MacSwiney (O/C Cork No. 1); Liam Lynch (O/C Cork No. 2); Deasy (Adj Cork No. 3); Paddy Cahill (O/C Kerry No. 1); Dan O’Mahoney (Kerry No. 2); Jeremiah O’Riordain (Kerry No. 3); Pax Whelan (Waterford West) and Fr Dick MacCarthy (Limerick West) representing O/C Sean Finn. Mulcahy and Brugha argue against ambushes unless there was first a call to surrender. However, it is decided to leave the method on ambush in the hands of local O/Cs.