Irish Republican Army Part 01 · p.98

SEAMAS O TUATHAIL, ALSO KNOWN AS.
Seamus Ctuathail
"The Advocate," a weekly nevspaper published
in New York City in its edition of November
6, 197l, contains an article, "Philadelphia
I'R.A. Club". The article advised that the
James Larkin Irish Republican Club was being
formed and that FRANK HOULIHAN of Philadel-
phia was the chairman.
The October 4'th Organization is named after
an important incident in Kensington history-.
the Rebellion of 0ctober 4th, 1779. During
the First American Revolution, the merchants
and businessmen. of Kensington and Philadel-
phia began to hoard food andclothing in order
to inflate the prices. (
On October 4th hundreds
of Kensington people led by THOMAS PAINE stormed
the homes of these merchants, seized their sup-
plies'and distributed the goods free to the people
who needed them..
The
October. 4th-Organization believes-that work-
ing class people of Kensington and other neigh-
borhoods are stiil oppressed by the big business-
men, rich merchants and politicians who serve them-
the criminal ruling class, the behind-the-scenes
dictators of America, the people who run the system
that keeps us down and out.
On 0ctober 2, 1972, the-same-souree advised that on
the prior evening, approximately 78 individuals appeared at
3146 Frankford Avenue, to hear Commandant SEAMAS O TUATHAIL
discuss_ the history of the _Irish Revolution._ O TUATHAIL
who indicated he had been with the Irish Republican Army
(I.R.A.), is described-as follows?
Race
White
Sex
Male
Age
35-36
Height
Weight
140 1bs.