"Seven of the most prominent members of the resident executive met at the headquarters of the printers union at 35 Lower Gardener Street to select a chief of staff in March 1918. Those attending were Collins, Richard Mulcahy, Dick Mc Kee, Gearoid O Sullivan, Diarmuid O' Hegarty, Rory O’Connor and Seán Mac Mahon."Michael Collins The Man Who Won the War by T.Ryle Dwyer. Published by Mercier Press Cork. Revised edition 2009.
