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Colonel Thomas Gay (22 January 1884 – 2 January 1953) was an intelligence officer on the staff of General Michael Collins from 1918 – 1922. His home on Haddon Road in Clontarf was a regular meeting place for Collins and other personnel during the Irish War of Independence. He arranged for news of the so-called “German Plot” to be given to the Government. He participated in the 1916 Rising reporting to Marrowbone Lane Distillery. == 1918 – 1922 Period == It is likely that Collins' system of counter intelligence owes much in its inception to Gay. It was through his agency that Collins was first put in touch with friendly detectives from G Division in Dublin Castle. Gay worked with Colonel Ned Broy and Detective Joe Kavanagh, both of whom were employed in the Castle to get intelligence information to Collins〔〔Witness Statement No. BMH.WS 1280 (Ned Broy) Military Archives Defense Forces Ireland. p.13〕 . According to Broy, the main liaison with Collins was supplied by Tommy Gay personally. Broy would meet Gay at the back of the Tivoli Theatre or at Webb's book shop on the Quays to pass on information.〔 Gay's position as Librarian at Capel Street Library in Dublin during this period made him readily accessible, when required. His home at 8 Haddon Road, Clontarf was a regular, often weekly, meeting place for Collins, Broy, Kavanagh, David Neligan, James Mc Namara and on occasion Sean O'Duffy and Harry Boland.〔Witness Statement No BMH. WS 0313 (Sean Duffy)Military Archives Defense Forces Ireland p. 23, 25〕〔Witness Statement No BMH. WS 0380(David Neligan)Military Archives Defense Forces Ireland p.3〕 Neligan described Gay as "a staunch friend of Collins and so was his wife who was a noble woman".〔 On 17 – 18 May 1918, Gay secured details from Kavanagh, about the so-called “"German Plot”and transmitted the information to Boland who informed Collins and the Government. The "Plot", which intended the capture members of the newly formed Provisional Government by the British, was partially successful – despite the advance warning, due to failure of some Cabinet members to act on the information. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Gay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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