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Full Title	In times of peril : leaves from the diary of Nurse Linda Kearns from Easter week, 1916, to Mountjoy, 1921 / edited by Annie M.P. Smithson.
Author	Kearns, Linda.
Contributor	Smithson, Annie M.P. De Valera, Eamon, 1882-1975.
Date Added	4 February 2016
Format	Book
Language	English
Publish Date	1922
Publisher	Dublin : Talbot Press ; London : T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.,
Source	Joseph McGarrity Books.
Topic	Kearns, Linda. Prisoners > Ireland > Diaries. Nurses > Biography. Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916.
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OCR “ON THE RUN.” 59 One week of peace, and again we had to move. A friend came from Dublin to tell us that our present retreat-thanks to my friendly Englishman of the . rope ladder-was known, and that it was only a matter of waiting until our fourth friend had joined us-as she intended-and we would all be arrested. Imagine how frightened we werel and how humi- liating after all our trouble if we were arrested again; the thought was hateful! Some people, too, would be sure to say: “ How like women! Of course they had to get in the way again I” We sent for the Commandant of the I.R.A in that locality, and asked his advice. He came to see us with the Curate, and they both advised removal as soon as possible. We were in a locality that was quite unknown to me, and I knew of no house in that district which would take us in. After some con- sideration, we concluded that the best place for us; under the circumstances, would be the house attached to the Training Camp of the I.R.A. It was a very large house, and surrounded by many acres of land. Here our oflicers and men were in military training On a large scale; in was in the heart of some beautiful country in Co. Carlow, and had not been located by the enemy. The Commandant went next day and asked the C.O. if he would take us in, and he very kindly con- sented at once. Next night we motored there, and as we reached the outskirts of the Camp the armed guard on duty stepped forward and challenged us. “ H alt! ” Never in my life before had I heard that word with feelings of pleasure. And not of pleasure only, but

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