1916 CLANWILLIAM HOUSE GARRISON
A unique handwritten statement of service by an Irish Volunteer William Ronan

This fascinating but bold record of service describes his part in one of the...

1916 CLANWILLIAM HOUSE GARRISON
A unique handwritten statement of service by an Irish Volunteer William Ronan

This fascinating but bold record of service describes his part in one of the most fierce fire fights of the Rising as "Easter Sunday 23rd April to 26th Clanwilliam House, Ref. Simon Donnelly, 16 Arnott Street. S.C.R." Volunteer Ronan was a member of "C" Company, 3rd Battalion Dublin Brigade and was one of seven men who held Clanwilliam House against an 800 strong contingent of Sherwood Foresters for over 9 hours. Only three of the seven , including William Ronan, survived. The rest of Ronan's record includes his arrest on 26 April and internment in Wakefield and Frongoch, his release in August; his active service re-commenced on 1 April 1917 and he notes various actions he was involved in including ambushes and burnings 1919-21 and his service with Anti-Treaty forces in 1922-23 including his involvement in the Hamman Hotel battle and his imprisonment in Mountjoy February 1923 to September 1923.

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