What Was the Defence of the Realm Act?





William Murphy discusses the impact of the introduction of the Defence of the Realm Act at the outbreak of the First World War.



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London, 1 November 1918 - Maud Gonne MacBride has been released from Holloway Prison.



The order for her release was signed by Home Secretary, Sir George Cave, and she was informed of the decision to release her just minutes before it happened.



Mrs Gonne MacBride, who is in a weakened state, was immediately taken by a taxi to a nursing home in the West End where she was sent to bed. Her poor health is such that none of her friends were permitted to converse with her.



In Dublin, Dr Kathleen Lynn was arrested yesterday at her home at 9 Belgrave Road, Rathmines. Dr Lynn, who has been ‘on the run’ since the general round-up of Sinn Féin leaders in May, was arrested under the Defence of the Realm Act and therefore no warrant was necessary and none was produced.



Two plain clothes and one uniformed policeman were involved in her arrest and she was taken to Arbour Hill Barracks.



She was subsequently released, but only after an intervention on her behalf was made by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, who urged that she be in a position to provide her medical services in dealing with the ongoing influenza epidemic in the city and county.

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