While many of the paricipants in the attack have left witness statements and referred to it, never before has a group of them discussed it in this depth... or honesty.

In 1973 James McCormick spent a year in Ireland interviewing surviving old IRA members, twelve of whom took part in the Customs House attack, as part of his research for his MA in History at Loyola University, Chicago.

James delivered just one paper on his research with these twelve.  Now it is published for the first time.  

Here are the recollections and details of the actual participants distilled into this one paper, which contains much detail that is new, and clarification on some points.