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(1) Well done to all involved in last night's #74days especially @aslinndubh. On 12 August 1920, Liam Deasy informed Donal O'Callaghan that City Hall was likely to be raided that night. Having finished a @Corkcoco meeting at 5.30, O'Callaghan left the Courthouse at 6.00.
(2) His intention was to go to City Hall, warn Terence MacSwiney and sound the alarm. He returned to the Courthouse at 7.00, having not done so. According to Deasy's written statement, O'Callaghan left again to sound the alarm but it was too late.
(3) As O'Callaghan approached City Hall, he saw that it was surrounded by troops and the raid was about to start. Why did he not warn MacSwiney earlier? What did he do during the 'missing hour' between 6.00 and 7.00?
(4) When asked to explain his actions before an inquiry organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood, O'Callaghan attacked the organisation but did not directly address the charge of negligence about 12 August. He did not contradict Deasy's statement.
(5) MacSwiney was arrested in the raid and died in Brixton Prison after a 74-day hunger strike. Donal O'Callaghan succeeded him as Lord Mayor on 4 November 1920.
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