Code-Breaker by Marc McMenamin

Author:Marc McMenamin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gill Books

The elderly couple who had put Schütz up fended off curious neighbours and friends, telling them that Schütz was a French foreign exchange student who had been trapped in Ireland after the war had broken out. Eventually keeping Schütz in the house proved more trouble than it was worth, and he was moved during the night back to Caitlín Brugha’s house in Temple Gardens, Rathmines. Schütz distrusted Brugha and other IRA sympathisers, considering them to be fanatics with no discernible plan for their goals, but despite his reservations he was willing to put up with them in order to maintain his freedom.

Brugha explained to Schütz upon his arrival that the IRA link with Germany had been broken when Görtz was arrested, and she implored him to re-establish it. He was also asked to help secure arms for the IRA. Brugha was determined that Schütz not suffer the same fate as Görtz, and had Schütz hide in a cellar if she heard any strange noises outside. Schütz was alarmed at some of the IRA activity he observed going on while in the house. He witnessed explosives being transported as well as a unique method of delivering messages to IRA leaders throughout the city. Mrs Brugha would give various messages to her children who would cycle to the houses of IRA leaders with the important communiqués.

Schütz also became acquainted during this time with members of the Belfast IRA, who offered him a deal. They proposed to arrange for a boat to drop him off near Brest in occupied France in return for arms, ammunition and money to be used to rebuild the IRA, which by this stage was under serious pressure for resources and finances. The boat’s captain was to be Charles McGuinness, an IRA member who was colourful, to say the least. McGuinness was an adventurer, author and sailor, alleged to have been involved in various acts of patriotism and nomadic adventures. His history is shrouded in myths and mystery, making many of its details questionable to say the least.

McGuinness was born on 6 March 1893 and raised in Lower End in Derry. His mother, Margaret Hern, was of Spanish descent, and his father, Charles McGuinness, was an Irish ship captain. McGuinness started out his military career fighting for the English in Africa. He was enlisted in the Cameroon region, but deserted in 1916 when he heard about the rebellion for independence taking place in Ireland. He then joined the Afrikaners and fought against the British. It was shortly after this that he is rumoured to have been captured by the Germans. He convinced them that he was on their side, and fought with them for a time in their East African Campaign.

McGuinness returned to Derry in 1920, becoming involved in defending the Catholics during the Derry Riots, and was soon made the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the IRA’s Northern Unit. After the War of Independence, McGuinness’s adventures expanded even further, from Australia to Java and then to Easter Island, Indonesia, as well as Russia, Antarctica and China.

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