- Thomas Gay
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Thomas Gay was the head librarian of Capel Street library in Dublin.[1][2] Gay facilitated the transfer of information about British military movements from Dublin Castle by passing on confidential information from sympathizers in the police force, such as [3] Eamon Broy, to members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.[4][5] He assisted Joe Kavanagh, one of the sympathizers, in getting in touch with Michael Collins,[6] and transmitted Kavanagh's information to Harry Boland.[7][8]Gay also allowed Collins use of his house as a safe meeting place.[9] Escaping capture Gay was free to smuggle messages from prisoners and he also passed on copies of the Gaelic American, a banned magazine, to them.[10] David Neligan referred to Thomas Gay as a tiny man.[11] Thomas gay was awarded the office of Colonel for his contributions to the Irish war of Independence.
References
- ^ Hart, Peter (2006). Mick: the real Michael Collins. Viking. p. 206. ISBN 9780670031474.
- ^ Ervine, St. John Greer (1949). Craigavon, Ulsterman. Allen & Unwin. p. 465. http://books.google.com/books?id=CuZGAAAAMAAJ&q=Colonel+%22Thomas+Gay%22+librarian+dublin&dq=Colonel+%22Thomas+Gay%22+librarian+dublin&hl=en&ei=QWoiTo-XFIPd0QHluKS8Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA.
- ^ Coogan, Tim Pat (2002). Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 79. ISBN 9780312295110. http://books.google.com/books?id=xscRAhBt2JgC&pg=PA76.
- ^ McKenna, Joseph (2011). Guerrilla Warfare in the Irish War of Independence, 1919-1921. McFarland. p. 73. ISBN 9780786459476. http://books.google.com/books?id=BxLb0aZOFOMC&pg=PA73.
- ^ O'Connor, Ulick (1996). Michael Collins and the troubles: the struggle for Irish freedom, 1912-1922. Norton. p. 141. ISBN 9780393316452. http://books.google.com/books?id=xbRaQkyp_ZwC&pg=PA141.
- ^ Coogan, Tim Pat (2002). Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 76. ISBN 9780312295110. http://books.google.com/books?id=xscRAhBt2JgC&pg=PA76.
- ^ Beaslai, Piaras. Michael Collins and the making of a new Ireland, volume 1. p. 189. http://books.google.com/books?id=dqfRAAAAMAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Piaras+B%C3%A9asla%C3%AD%22&dq=inauthor:%22Piaras+B%C3%A9asla%C3%AD%22&hl=en&ei=NhkjTrzuK-je0QHoyqGyAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA.
- ^ Ryan, Meda (2006). Michael Collins and the Women Who Spied for Ireland. Mercier. p. 38. ISBN 9781856355131. http://books.google.com/books?id=oTydYQW4KdAC&pg=PA38.
- ^ Cogan, Tim Pat (2002). Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 96. ISBN 9780312295110. http://books.google.com/books?id=xscRAhBt2JgC&pg=PA76.
- ^ Hart, Peter (2006). Mick: the real Michael Collins. Viking. p. 206. ISBN 9780670031474.
- ^ Neligan, David. The Spy in the Castle. p. 79 and 165. http://books.google.ca/books?ei=K48jTuEIyt_RAZy15JMD&ct=result&id=9FYiAQAAIAAJ&dq=The+spy+in+the+castle&q=Gay#search_anchor.
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