There proves to be a romantic story behind) the announcement that Cullenswood House, Terenure, Dublin, had been partly destroyed by Crown Forces with crowbars, Picks, and saws. An official statement issued on January 31 shows that the destruction was not a-reprisal for the week-end ambush in the same district, og had been assumed, but was undertaken as the result of remarkable discoveries made by the authorities about the structure of the building.
The house, which was formerly known as St, Enda's College, was occupied some years ago by Patrick Pearce, who was executed after the Dublin rebellion. A recent search by the authorities disclosed several suspicious and apparently unnecessary alterations that had been recently made on the instructions of leading rebels.
was, therefore, decided to ascertain the reason for the alterations.
Minute, searches resulted in the discovery that the changes were in the nature of false walls and false doors, and there was a false wardrobe with a secret spring which opened into a chamber that appeared to be used as an office. In one of the rooms secret doors and secret cupboards were found. There were nine exits from the house, giving access to adjacent The dummy walls were thin plaster partitions, concealing passages between them and the real walls along which men could pass unseen.
During investigations a revolver and some ammunition were found in one of the dummy walls. Pre. vious raids showed that the premises had been used to carry out the objects of an illegal associa. tion. There was nobody on the premises when the raid was made
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