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Royal Irish Constabulary Office 4th May 1916 Mr Campbell I beg to report in compliance
with Government order
my movements between noon on 22nd
inst and noon on 1st inst as
follows:- April 22nd. In office till 1pm, then
home to 91 Tritonville Road,
Sandymount. In the afternoon
I went to Strand Road
and back home where I slept
that night. 23rd. Went with my wife to
Phoenix Park in the afternoon.
Slept at home. 24th. Went with a colleague
a walk through Rathfarnham,
Glendhu and home
via Dundrum. In the evening
accompanied him to Nelson's
Pillar. Slept at home that
night. 25th. Went into Dame Street
to get into the Office.
Being unable to do so
after waiting a considerable
time, I went to Phoenix
Park with a colleague
and home through the
City. In the afternoon I
went to Grosvenor Square
to enquire for a friend-
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April 25th(Contd) one of the G.R. Volunteers from
Lansdowne Road Rugby Football
Corps - who had to get
shelter in Beggar's Bush barracks
after the rebels attack on
that Corps. Slept at home
that night. ' 26th. Endeavoured to reach this
Office in the forenoon. In the
afternoon I went with my
wife to 81 Grosvenor Square
as we were unable to
return to Sandymount we
slept there that night.
' 27th. Went to town to see if I
could get into the Office.
I then went from Grosvenor
Square to Island Bridge with a
lady friend, who wished to
bring food to a relative we
believed to be ill. This
relative was employed in
Phoenix Park but we were
unable to get past Island
Bridge. I came home that
night with my wife and
Mrs Atkinson- wife of
volunteer referred to under
date 25thâ and her young
son. Slept at home that
night. ' 28th. Went into town to see
if Office could be reached.
Returned home via Ranelagh
where
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April 28th(Contd) where I had to get
provisions. In the
afternoon went to
Grosvenor Square for any
news of friend in
Beggars Bush Barracks.
Slept at home that
night. ' 29th. Went to town to try
and reach the Office. In
the afternoon I went to
Grosvenor Square. Slept
at home that night. ' 30th. In house all day
but for a walk down
Strand Road. Slept at
home. May 1st. Unable to leave
Sandymount as the
Military had closed all
roads. R.V. Laurenson
This letter was written by Robert V. Laurenson (b.1889), a staff clerk at the Royal
Irish Constabulary, to Mr Campbell detailing Laurenson's whereabouts between 22 April
and 1 May in accordance with a government order. In the letter Laurenson reports that
he made several unsuccessful attempts to access the Royal Irish Constabulary office
during this time period and that at one point he was unable to leave Sandymount as
the military had closed all roads.