Letter fills in another piece of The Aud puzzle

A missing part of the story of the German ship the Aud — the location of its tonnes of arms and ammunition planned for the South-West Volunteers to be stored for Easter Monday’s Rising — is believed to have been filled.

Clahane House, built in Tralee in 1855, was to have been a signalling station for the Aud in Tralee Bay — and it is believed this is where much of the arms were to have been taken, according to a document released by the house’s present owner, Tralee solicitor, Joe Mannix.

Mr Mannix has come across a witness statement to the bureau of military history by a former owner of the house, Dr Catherine J Quinlan, a friend of Seán MacDermott’s.