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'''Colonel Thomas Gay''' was the head librarian of Caple Street library in Dublin.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ervine|first=St. John Greer|title=Craigavon, Ulsterman|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CuZGAAAAMAAJ&q=Colonel+%22Thomas+Gay%22+librarian+dublin&dq=Colonel+%22Thomas+Gay%22+librarian+dublin&hl=en&ei=QWoiTo-XFIPd0QHluKS8Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA|year=1949|publisher=Allen & Unwin|page=465}}</ref> Gay facilitated the transfer of information about British military movements from Dublin Castle by concealing confidential information passed to him by ] and ] in library books that he then loaned to Collin’s men who came to the library. '''Colonel Thomas Gay''' was the head librarian of Caple Street library in Dublin.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ervine|first=St. John Greer|title=Craigavon, Ulsterman|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CuZGAAAAMAAJ&q=Colonel+%22Thomas+Gay%22+librarian+dublin&dq=Colonel+%22Thomas+Gay%22+librarian+dublin&hl=en&ei=QWoiTo-XFIPd0QHluKS8Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA|year=1949|publisher=Allen & Unwin|page=465}}</ref> Gay facilitated the transfer of information about British military movements from Dublin Castle by passing on confidential information from sympathizers in the police force to Irish Republicans.<ref>{{cite book|last=McKenna|first=Joseph|title=Guerrilla Warfare in the Irish War of Independence, 1919-1921|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=BxLb0aZOFOMC&pg=PA73|year=2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786459476|page=73}}</ref>


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Colonel Thomas Gay was the head librarian of Caple Street library in Dublin. Gay facilitated the transfer of information about British military movements from Dublin Castle by passing on confidential information from sympathizers in the police force to Irish Republicans.

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  1. Ervine, St. John Greer (1949). Craigavon, Ulsterman. Allen & Unwin. p. 465.
  2. McKenna, Joseph (2011). Guerrilla Warfare in the Irish War of Independence, 1919-1921. McFarland. p. 73. ISBN 9780786459476.

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