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Period Four (1 April 1918 – 31 March 1919) includes: mentions plan to put the railway tunnel at Glanmire Road out of commission, administering Oath of Allegiance to Dáil Éireann by all members of the Company and the landing of arms in West Cork. Period Five (1 April 1919 – March 1920) includes; in seeking supplies of Petrol, Langford was arrested and detained in Baltimore R.I.C. Barracks, but was released and managed to source some ‘gun cotton’ from IRA officer Eugene Dunne, some of which was used ‘in the blowing up of King Street Barracks’ in July 1920. Upon Tomás MacCurtain’s request to secure a printing press for the IRA, Langford took over the press of P.Corcoran and ‘from that date to the close of the civil war, all Republican, Revolutionary, or seditious documents of Cork origin emanated from said printing works’. Was also involved in the arrangements for the funeral of Tomas MacCurtain. Also MSS. annotation concerning shooting of man named Mohally, and the printing of a motor cycle permit for Captain Jerome Donovan. Period Six (April 1920 – 31 March 1921) includes; Langford recalls that he made arrangements for the ‘co-ordinated wholesale reprisal on Cork City police patrols’, but this was called off at Arthur Griffith’s insistence. Describes a number of military events including the destruction of the main Cork Income Tax Office, British raid on printing works at Sullivan’s Quay, attack on Blarney RIC Barracks, shooting of Colonel Smith at Cork County Club, ambushes at Dillon’s Cross and Parnell Bridge, printing of 10,000 handbills calling on public not to obey military instructions, printing of duplicate motor licenses, interrogation by ‘Lieutenant Koe’, shooting of spy named Mohally. Says that ‘During this entire period I was constantly on the move and unable to sleep at home…’. Period Seven (1 April 1921 – 11 July 1921) includes; arrested in May 1921 and interned on Spike Island. Wrote published report about killing of Volunteer White who was shot and killed by a sentry while in prison. Period Eight (12 July 1921 – 30 June 1922) includes; transfer to Bere island interment Camp and released on amnesty in December 1921. On ‘special service’, printing forms for commandeering of lorries for use in loading arms and ammunition from the ‘Upnor’ at Ballycotton, and a ‘considerable amount’ of work for Bob Brennan who was sent from Dublin to carry on propaganda. Submitted report on a mobile printing press on instruction from General Headquarters. Period Nine (1 July 1922 – 31 March 1923) includes; continuing to operate on ‘special service’ with mobile field printing press which was set up in Ballincollig Barracks and later in Ballyvourney following the capture of
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