Escape from Kilmainham
O’Malley gives a detailed description of the escape. It is clear from this that Paddy Moran, who was also charged with involvement in Bloody Sunday, was in on the escape plan from the beginning. O’Malley says that Moran refused to join the break-out as he did not want to let down the witnesses that had given evidence for him. Donnelly says that Moran told him that he had an alibi and thought he would get off. Carey says it is not that clear why Moran was replaced by Donnolly. Moran was subsequently hung. (According to O’Daly, Moran had led the group who killed two men in the Gresham hotel on Bloody Sunday morning.) Macready was furious at the escape.