by Meda Ryan
Second Cork Brigade: Matt Flood, Paddy O’Brien (Liscarrol), Diarmuid Mullins, Moss Connors, John Fanning.
First Cork Brigade: Billy Barry, Seán Hyde, Dan Sandow O’Donovan, Patrick O’Sullivan (Kilnamartra), Bill Powell.
Other Areas: Frank Aiken, Todd (C. S.) Andrews, Ernest Blythe, Vinny Byrne, M. J. Costello, Emmet Dalton, Seán MacBride, Dave Neligan.
Cumann na mBan & Women Activists: Peg Barrett, Leslie Bean de Barra, Máire Comerford, Ciss Crowley, Hannah (O’Leary) Deasy, Kathy Hayes, Kathleen (Lane) Lordan, Bridie (Crowley) Manning, Madge (Hales) Murphy, Mary (O’Donovan) Caverley, Lily (O’Donovan) Coughlan, Annie O’Leary, Kitty O’Leary, Brigid O’Mahony, Hannah (O’Donovan) O’Mahony, Eileen (Lynch) O’Neill, Molly (O’Neill) Walsh, May Twomey.
Republican Activists – 1920 onwards: Ned Barrett, (Clonakilty), Den Carey, Jerh (Jerry) Cronin, Bob Keogh, Jack Dohney Lynch, Joe Cahill, Mick McCarthy, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, John O’Donovan, Brendan O’Neill, Dave O’Sullivan.
Other Relevant Interviews: Criostóir de Baróid, Pádraig Ó Cuanacháin, Michael Barry, Stephen (AJS) Brady, Christy Barrett, John Browne, Paddy Casey, Nellie Casey, Fr John Chisholm, Richie Coughlan, Jean Crowley, Joan Dineen, Seán (John) Feehan, Julia Nolan O’Flynn, Liam French, William (Billy) (Senior) Good, Eamonn Moriarty, Liam (Bill) O’Donoghue, Dan Joe O’Mahony, Denis O’Mahony, Pádraig Ó Maidín, Seamus O’Quigley, Michael O’Sullivan, Nora O’Sullivan, Cully Lawton, Eily (Hales) McCarthy, Tom McCarthy, Dómhnall MacGiolla Phoil, Seán (John) O’Riordan, Margaret White, Bernie Whyte, Louis Whyte, Seán Kelleher and Kieran Wyse.
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