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is destination darley terrace at about 7 10pm what transpired over the next 1 hour and 20 minutes has never fully been explained publicly but we can attempt to put together a timeline of events from the newspaper accounts and inquest the next official incident was a phone call made for an ambulance at 8 34pm from dwyer s garage at 73 cork street by seamus dowling 17 of 22 darley terrace the ambulance s driver fireman william carroll of rathmines fire station was met on donore avenue by dowling and directed to darley terrace they entered the house and found christopher bird lying on the couch in the front room he had been shot in the stomach with a 45 bullet from a colt revolver the lack of blood stained sheets or blood on the furniture led to an early assumption in the press that the shooting had occurred elsewhere and bird was moved to the house from a different location fireman william carroll later gave evidence that he asked dowling what had happened and was told it does not matter get him away to hospital quick he has a wound in the stomach darley terrace the black door is no 22 where christy bird was found mortally wounded google street view 2014 bird was accompanied by dowling on the five minute drive in the ambulance to the meath hospital on heytsbury street dublin 8 bird received immediate medical attention and the single bullet was extracted at about 11pm by surgeons dr charles e tait and dr henry stokes fireman william carroll said that dowling supplied bird s name but refused to give his address as he feared in his words that the ambulance men would tell bird s mother of the incident before he had the opportunity to do so when he was told that the address was only for record purposes dowling gave a false address for bird of 5 old bridge kilmainham dowling left the hospital at 9pm and was not seen by his family for several days death 13 may 1939 christopher bird was in a very weak condition and suffering from great pain and grave shock according to evidence later given by dr stokes the bullet had entered his right side passed through his stomach and lodged in the skin on the left side of the groin his intestines and bladder had been torn by the bullet although conscious he did not make any statement to the police he held on for two days but succumbed to his wounds on saturday 13 may 1939 at about 6 30pm death certificate for christopher bird 1939 although he was described as 21 his birth certificate shows that he was born on 25 july 1916 and so was actually 22 years and 9 months at the time of his death he was described as a well built young man of about 5 feet in height and weighing nine stone 57kg in the irish press 17 may 1939 his father bernard told the evening herald that his son was a reserved type of boy who was always home about 11 o clock as far as he was concerned christopher was not a member of any political organisation following the news of his death it was reported in the irish press 16 may 1939 that a large number of sympathisers had assembled in the vicinity of the hospital including many members of republican organisations as relatives were only allowed to see the body six uniformed gardaí and several plain clothed detectives had to turn away hundreds of people on the same day the state pathologist john mcgrath carried out a post mortem examination on the body with dr charles tait on 15 may 1939 a death notice was put in the national newspapers by the ira that paid tribute to volunteer christopher bird dublin brigade ira who had died as a result of wounds accidentally received in the service of the irish republic the evening herald 15 may 1939 a second death notice included the irish sentence leabha gheal imeasc na bhfinghini go bhfagha a anam uasal which i ve been told translates as may his soul obtain a wonderful resting place among the fenians the irish independent 15 june 1939 the garda investigation into the shooting was headed by district inspector o sullivan and superintendent peter ennis who worked under the overall direction of chief superintendent john mcgloin although the local area was searched thoroughly and local residents questioned by police the revolver was never found arrest of seamus darling 15 may 1939 on 15 may 1939 seamus dowling returned home to his parents who had not seen their son since the evening of the shooting four days previous mr william dowling asked him what was all the trouble out to which his son replied it was only an accident i will say nothing more about it mr dowling told his son that the guards were looking for him and he replied if they want me they can come and get me mr dowling informed the police that his son had returned home seamus dowling was arrested at home by station sergeant joseph reidy of newmarket garda station who charged him with manslaughter possession of a 45 revolver with intent to endanger life and without a firearms certificate bird was taken into custody in the bridewell garda station by superintendent peter ennis and remanded for a week in the dublin district court after speaking to his solicitor con lehane dowling issued the following statement which he refused to sign christopher bird was accidentally wounded while engaged in his duties as a soldier of the irish republic i engaged an ambulance to get him to hospital that is the lot i don t wish to state anything further the wolfe tone weekly 17 june 1939 note the use of dublin battalion funeral 17 may 1939 the remains of christopher bird were removed on the evening of 16 may from the meath hospital to the franciscan church merchant s quay the coffin was draped with a tricolour flag and accompanied by a guard of honour who walked beside the hearse they were followed by 1 000 1 500 men marching in military formation hundreds of members of the public lined the streets as the cortege travelled through new bride street kevin street dean street francis street and bridgefoot street to the quays the wolfe tone weekly 20 june 1939 following the funeral mass at 10 30am the cortege set off from franciscan church for mount jerome cemetery in harold s cross dublin 6 christopher bird was buried in grave a47 620 wreaths were laid by cumann na mban clann na ngaedheal girl scouts cumann na gcailini and other organisations the chief mourners were mr and mrs bernard bird parents matthew and anthony brothers elizabeth sister mrs mary gilmartin and john kilmartin sister and brother in law and mr and mrs j brophy relations christopher was presumably a member of the workers union of ireland as the trade union was represented by three officials sean nugent sean keating and r james t knowles attended on behalf of the bottling staff of the dwd where bird was employed several senior republican figures paid their respects including patrick e sweeney george plunkett con lehane and joseph clarke noted female republican activists madame maud gonne macbride mrs caitlín brugha miss brugha miss eileen tubbert and mrs nora rogers also attended the funeral the wolfe tone weekly 17 june 1939 press photographers were approached by young men at the cemetery and warned not to take any pictures this explains the lack of images published in the newspapers prayers at the graveside were received by reverend father matthew haran ofm franciscans at the graveside a bugler sounded the last post and the graveside oration was delivered by mairtin o cadhain o cadhain who held the position of dublin battalion ira o c from mid 1938 to june 1939 told the large crowd the bravery with which christopher brid approached death would be an inspiration to his living comrades to carry on the work for which he gave his life the dublin brigade his parents the irish republican army and the people of ireland could be proud of him the cause that called for such bravery and devotion must be a holy cause a just cause as otherwise men like christopher bird would not show such fortitude in the face of death the examiner 18 may 1939 inquest 16 may 1939 an inquest into the shooting was presided over by dr da mcerlean on 16 may 1939 the post mortem confirmed that death was due to toxaemia and shock following a wound inflicted by a bullet which pierced the abdomen going in a downward direction from right to left the inquest was adjourned pending the result of the manslaughter case dublin district court late may june 1939 donough o donovan chief state solicitor s office opened the case on 23 may 1939 in front of district justice matthew hannan seamus dowling 17 was described as a factory worker employed by messrs spratt s dog food manufacturers bird s parents said that they had never met seamus dowling before and had never seen their son with any firearms o donivan went over the basic information and formalities regarding the case it was accepted that the wound was not self inflicted due to the direction of the bullet and the lack of scorching or powder on bird s clothes on 10 june 1939 district judge hannan sent dowling for trial to the circuit criminal court dowling who was not professionally represented declined to make a statement or apply for bail circuit criminal court july 1939 seamus dowling pled not guilty on 07 july 1939 telling the court that although i pleaded not guilty i do not intend to call evidence i am here not because the police believe i am guilty but because i would not divulge the names of my comrades i did not shoot christopher bird the state s case was represented by martin maguire senior counsel sc and walter molony who admitted there was nothing to justify a charge of deliberate killing after an absence of ten minutes the jury at the circuit criminal court acquitted dowling on 08 july 1939 of the manslaughter and firearms charges he was a free man judge cahir davitt summed up before the jury could convict they must be satisfied that dowling had killed bird and that the shooting which all the evidence tended to show was accidental had been the result of a high degree of negligence in dowling s handling of a firearm he continued that if he just believed that the incident had some connection with the organisation known as the irish republican army they would consider that more than two people were concerned not in the particular incident but in the whole surrounding circumstances the wolfe tone weekly 12 july 1939 memorials and grave there were memorial notices put in the newspapers on the first anniversary of the death by his comrades and his brokenhearted family the sunday independent 12 may 1939 the evening herald 13 may 1940 christopher s parents buried another child less than two years later elizabeth lily bird 32 a shirtmaker died on 12 august 1941 of pulmonary tuberculosis and heart failure her mother christina was at the family home at 19 usher s lane when she died christina passed away aged 63 at home on 28 january 1944 she would have buried at least five children in her life and perhaps as many as seven her widower bernard followed on 19 april 1949 aged 73 in st kevin s hospital all four family members are buried in the same plot which i was informed via email by the helpful mount jerome staff lies two graves to the right of kavanagh o brien family headstone which can be seen on the left hand side of the photograph below as it currently stands there is no headstone or memorial to mark the grave of christy bird it is unclear if there was one previously mount jerome cemetery credit sam mcgrath 2023 legacy christopher bird has received little attention in irish republican history books or articles that were published in the decades following his death j bower bell in the secret army 1970 wrote briefly and concisely that seamus dowling was acquitted of the accidental shooting of christopher bird during a training class noted dublin historian eamon mac thomais who joined the ira in about 1950 wrote in the irish people 07 june 1980 that christy bird died while training in the dublin mountains mac thomais was clearly mixing up his stories as there is no suggestion he was shot anywhere but darley terrace an unknown writer in the irish people 20 december 1986 described how bird had been accidentally shot to death during preparations for the s campaign in england while the period is correct i have seen nothing to corporate that bird was going on active service in britain conor foley in legion of the rearguard 1992 refers to seamus dowling who accidentally shot dead another volunteer during an arms training class but does not name bird the publication of uinseann maceoin s the ira in the twilight years 1923 1948 in 1997 revealed some important new information about the incident uinseann maceoin then known as vincent mcguone was active with the ira in dublin in the 1939 period and was interned in the curragh for most of 1940 1943 in a piece in the book by sean o neill he reveals that seamus dowling was the training officer of no 4 company and suggests that it was another ira member named jack campbell who fired the fatal shot that evening however it was seamus dowling who awaited the police and ambulance men taking the rap on a manslaughter charge this would chime in with dowling s assistance that i did not shoot christopher bird dowling was described as a cheerful fellow with hair prematurely grey by sean o neill a footnote states that the writer uinseann maceoin was present and remained at the scene of the shooting i believe it is maceoin and not o neill as maceoin uses the term this writer about 50 times across the book this would suggest that there were at least four people at the arms training class seamus dowling training officer christopher bird jack campbell and uinseann maceoin however it should be noted that none of the contemporary newspaper articles made any reference or hints to there being any other people present if sean o neill did remain behind at the scene this was also not mentioned by any witnesses or the ambulance men at the inquest if jack campbell did handle the revolver which went off there was nothing to suggest that the judiciary and authorities were aware of this or tried to find anybody else with the shooting the judge in the case was quite clear in his view that bird s death was caused by the high degree of negligence in dowling s handling of a firearm and never referred to a third party named or otherwise postscript dowling brothers seamus dowling s younger brother liam dowling 19 was arrested on 31 march 1940 with 22 other ira recruits while drilling in st anne s park raheny on 15 april 1940 in collins barracks he was sentenced by the special criminal court to 18 months imprisonment on charges of engaging in unlawful military exercises and being a member of an illegal organisation the commanding officer mick dunne of 66 carleton road marino received a two year sentence following the nazi invasion of the soviet union in june 1941 about half a dozen ira internees signed them out of the curragh to join the british army to fight against germany amongst this number were liam dowling jim kerr of en...