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Army before he was out of his teens; telephone*conversation he had hahi.
a member-of-the NorthTipperarywithHarrison on the night of.Junl
Brigade's *flying, column, an:elite191981, in: whichr he had uttere
~commando.unit. -As: a, member,of-two?dozen or.so carefully chosen
the column,”he had forsworn words, in ful expectation that his.
being amember.ofa warrior caste,were,very..good, repeated·five
like the Eenian mlitia of ancient Ire-times-over. ,*
Hand. Commanding men.mucholder
There was no mention of guns or'
thar himself, he had seen the world money in the conversation: Harrison:
The'd been: born-into turned-upside had asked if he.could come over to:
down,randhe had given oyer,hissee Flannery, and Flannery had
bodyandsbul to.theturning
said,yes,rof- course, come along.
Portlaoise.Prison, Mountjoy Jal,
Harrison had gone to Flannery's..
the infamous Curragh concentration house that evening, and Flannery
camp:he had celebrated his§19th, later admitted giving him' $17,000.
20th’ and' 2ist'birthdays interned' inButno: one elsehad witnessed .the
oneor another of themAllthe terri-exchange.The money Harrison was
the:rgor:of areligious·novice
over. to."John White,.
was never,
Whatever,your:part in-an*oper- traced to. Flannery.
you-andsyous didn't ask questionsthe.others'would have to face a fed--
That-was thewayit hadbeenwitheralpenitentiary,of.thatmuch.his
Harrison-and-Flanneryallralong.
attorney, was confident.Therewas
Flannery'sjob was to serve.as a con-one hitch, however, The team of
duitfor.themoney that supporters inseven.lawyers,had-decided.to base
America would offerthe causefor thewhole defense on Harrison's con
the purchases of arms. Harison's.tention thatDeMeo, the arms mer-
ob'was to purchase the arms and seechant: he had.been dealing with for
o.theirshipmentFlanneryneyer-alltheseyears,hadrepresented
sked Harrisonany'questions,hehimself as “a govermment man," an
was as'scrupulous'about,that'ashe
eoperatiye for- the. CentralIntelli-
rwould:be:examining his-owncon-
science before.confession_ He.would- had everyreason-to believe' in'
latertestify~thatonce,nearly20fact,alongwithhis attoiney, still
"years before, when he'began work-believed that. he was telling the *
ingwith: Harrison,Hanrisonyhadtrnth
Ementioned to him that his arms.con- What they needed was someone.to
tact was'a governmentman.Harrsupport Harrison's claim,to take the
Yson:had said:he:was*a.fella by:the stand-and say, “Yes, George Harri-
nameofDeMeoFlanneryhadson'told me.that the operation had:
asked him nothing/more about itthe:U: S. government's sanction, in
That would have been'a-breachof the person of CIA operative George
procedurePeople gave hin moneyDeMeo. There was only one among:
and hewould make sureit gotto Har-e his codefendants who was ready'to,
They had Harrisor dead torights,*those.words,Flannery.*
there was no denyingthat-AndtheyTo.testify to this, Flannery would'
had,Tom-Falvey andPatrick Mullin, have.to admit' to.his involvement in.
*tooThey'd'either.taped:the-mak- the.operation The attorneys left.it
ing the deals or arrested them with aup:to Flannery:to decide.- The-trial.
cache of guns: intheir possession would be an ordeal, not only for him
They had very littleon Danny Gorin but* for.'his wife,who was. infrail
Jey, though And theyhad nothingon: health.
proached- the time whenthe IRA to Flannery, he responded as.if he'd
gunrunners were to be triedthat been given an order. There was no
became clearer-and clearer:*- sense talking aboutRobert Emmet
The whole of the. government's. or Pearse'or Connelly or any. of the
a member-of-the NorthTipperarywithHarrison on the night of.Junl
Brigade's *flying, column, an:elite191981, in: whichr he had uttere
~commando.unit. -As: a, member,of-two?dozen or.so carefully chosen
the column,”he had forsworn words, in ful expectation that his.
being amember.ofa warrior caste,were,very..good, repeated·five
like the Eenian mlitia of ancient Ire-times-over. ,*
Hand. Commanding men.mucholder
There was no mention of guns or'
thar himself, he had seen the world money in the conversation: Harrison:
The'd been: born-into turned-upside had asked if he.could come over to:
down,randhe had given oyer,hissee Flannery, and Flannery had
bodyandsbul to.theturning
said,yes,rof- course, come along.
Portlaoise.Prison, Mountjoy Jal,
Harrison had gone to Flannery's..
the infamous Curragh concentration house that evening, and Flannery
camp:he had celebrated his§19th, later admitted giving him' $17,000.
20th’ and' 2ist'birthdays interned' inButno: one elsehad witnessed .the
oneor another of themAllthe terri-exchange.The money Harrison was
the:rgor:of areligious·novice
over. to."John White,.
was never,
Whatever,your:part in-an*oper- traced to. Flannery.
you-andsyous didn't ask questionsthe.others'would have to face a fed--
That-was thewayit hadbeenwitheralpenitentiary,of.thatmuch.his
Harrison-and-Flanneryallralong.
attorney, was confident.Therewas
Flannery'sjob was to serve.as a con-one hitch, however, The team of
duitfor.themoney that supporters inseven.lawyers,had-decided.to base
America would offerthe causefor thewhole defense on Harrison's con
the purchases of arms. Harison's.tention thatDeMeo, the arms mer-
ob'was to purchase the arms and seechant: he had.been dealing with for
o.theirshipmentFlanneryneyer-alltheseyears,hadrepresented
sked Harrisonany'questions,hehimself as “a govermment man," an
was as'scrupulous'about,that'ashe
eoperatiye for- the. CentralIntelli-
rwould:be:examining his-owncon-
science before.confession_ He.would- had everyreason-to believe' in'
latertestify~thatonce,nearly20fact,alongwithhis attoiney, still
"years before, when he'began work-believed that. he was telling the *
ingwith: Harrison,Hanrisonyhadtrnth
Ementioned to him that his arms.con- What they needed was someone.to
tact was'a governmentman.Harrsupport Harrison's claim,to take the
Yson:had said:he:was*a.fella by:the stand-and say, “Yes, George Harri-
nameofDeMeoFlanneryhadson'told me.that the operation had:
asked him nothing/more about itthe:U: S. government's sanction, in
That would have been'a-breachof the person of CIA operative George
procedurePeople gave hin moneyDeMeo. There was only one among:
and hewould make sureit gotto Har-e his codefendants who was ready'to,
They had Harrisor dead torights,*those.words,Flannery.*
there was no denyingthat-AndtheyTo.testify to this, Flannery would'
had,Tom-Falvey andPatrick Mullin, have.to admit' to.his involvement in.
*tooThey'd'either.taped:the-mak- the.operation The attorneys left.it
ing the deals or arrested them with aup:to Flannery:to decide.- The-trial.
cache of guns: intheir possession would be an ordeal, not only for him
They had very littleon Danny Gorin but* for.'his wife,who was. infrail
Jey, though And theyhad nothingon: health.
proached- the time whenthe IRA to Flannery, he responded as.if he'd
gunrunners were to be triedthat been given an order. There was no
became clearer-and clearer:*- sense talking aboutRobert Emmet
The whole of the. government's. or Pearse'or Connelly or any. of the