Manuscript Leaf from an Old Autograph Book with Verse By Phil Flynn E. Co. II Battalion Guards Company. I.R.A. Feb. 28. 1922

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The writing is in a neat hand. The verse reads: "A Soldiers life is the life for me A Soldiers death and Ireland Free." Signed: Phil Flynn E.Co. II Batt. Guards Coy. I.R.A. Feb. 28, 1922, Philip Christopher Flynn was born in Swelllan Cavan December 27th, 1899.The family moved to Dublin in 1912 & settled at Clarke?s Cottages, Lower Summerhill. He attended O?Connell?s Schools which produced a long list of republicans. Phil joined them in 1917, becoming a member of his local Volunteers, E Coy, 2nd Battalion on Intelligence work. Their area was the docklands where many railway lines terminated. He worked as a goods checker there, so had good knowledge of British movements and weapons coming into the country. The rail yards and stores proved good hunting grounds for E Coy through raids for useful material or to destroy supplies for the military. Flynn took part in all their major operations, including the big April 1921 attack on the Auxy Q Coy base at the North Wall. was of course involved in the even larger Custom House operation. He became one of the many prisoners taken to Arbour Hill Detention Centre and subsequent internment in Kilmainham Gaol. He was released in the General Amnesty on the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, 6 December 1921. After the Civil war Flynn became a Company Sergeant Major with the National Army?s Dublin Guards (Infantry), on Intelligence duties. In 1924 he married Mary Doyle of 15 Summerhill Place, Dublin. He was discharged from the Army the same year. Phil worked as a civil service clerk for many years but as time went by his family fell on hard times. He went to Belfast and enlisted in the British Army when the Emergency (World War II) started. He ended up in the air force as a rear gunner and was involved in many night time attacks over Germany. He died in Dublin at his home at 29 Summer Place, Summerhill on Decmber 26th, 1948 from food poisoning from food he had eaten in England prior to Dec 23rd. Original mss.verse signed and with his details. N° de ref. del artículo 020764

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