Given its proximity to Marlborough Barracks ( now Mckee Barracks) and the police headquarters in the Phoenix park one can imagine that many of the residents of Ellesmere avenue may have had regular dealings with the English army and RIC whether it be work or otherwise . However from the records it appears that there was at least one among them who was was plotting to defeat those same institutions in March 1916 That man lived in no 33 Ellesmere avenue ( not the present no 33 as that was built in 1933) His name was
James O Higgins
He was a member of a Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers. Born in 1874 died on the 1st of January 1946, aged about 42 years old during the Rising. He was employed as a Cooper, Arthur Guinness & Sons Brewery, St. James Gate, at the time of the Rising. Fought in the North Circular Road Bridge. Arrested on the 20th May 1916 and taken to Richmond Barracks and interned in wakefield
http://www.mocavo.com/Sinn-Fein-Rebellion-Handbook-Easter-1916-Complete-and-Connected-Narrative-of-the-Rising/861506/113
and Frongach until September 1916. James O'Higgins was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) from 1901 He is mentioned in the statement of James Kenny as having joined at the same time as himself.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000156736/
and to have lost his employment at Guinness’s Brewery between 1916 and 1922 due to his activities.
http://www.irishmedals.org/cabra-bridge.html
He is listed as residing at 33 Ellesmere Avenue in the Sinnfein rebellion handbook roll of honor list and the frongoch camp list
http://the1916proclamation.ie/the-roll-honour/
While in the 1911 he is listed as living in cork street he may have made his way to 33 Ellesmere as a lodger by 1916.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000156736/
If anyone has more information please contact me on ellesmereavenue@gmail.com
In an earlier post another Ellesmerian Mr Joe Dolan will play a significant role in the war of independence
James O Higgins
He was a member of a Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers. Born in 1874 died on the 1st of January 1946, aged about 42 years old during the Rising. He was employed as a Cooper, Arthur Guinness & Sons Brewery, St. James Gate, at the time of the Rising. Fought in the North Circular Road Bridge. Arrested on the 20th May 1916 and taken to Richmond Barracks and interned in wakefield
http://www.mocavo.com/Sinn-Fein-Rebellion-Handbook-Easter-1916-Complete-and-Connected-Narrative-of-the-Rising/861506/113
and Frongach until September 1916. James O'Higgins was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) from 1901 He is mentioned in the statement of James Kenny as having joined at the same time as himself.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000156736/
and to have lost his employment at Guinness’s Brewery between 1916 and 1922 due to his activities.
http://www.irishmedals.org/cabra-bridge.html
He is listed as residing at 33 Ellesmere Avenue in the Sinnfein rebellion handbook roll of honor list and the frongoch camp list
http://the1916proclamation.ie/the-roll-honour/
While in the 1911 he is listed as living in cork street he may have made his way to 33 Ellesmere as a lodger by 1916.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000156736/
If anyone has more information please contact me on ellesmereavenue@gmail.com
In an earlier post another Ellesmerian Mr Joe Dolan will play a significant role in the war of independence
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