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Situated in Glashabee townland this was a well-known Volunteer house and many meetings took place here and was a most welcoming house for volunteers carrying dispatches or on the run. The British army often commandeered this house to try to capture visiting Volunteers but there was a signalling system in place whereby the position of the milk churns indicated if the house was commandeered or not and this often saved Volunteers from capture. The three people in the photo are Tom Walsh, who was shot by Black and Tans but survived, his wife Madge and daughter Sheila. Tom Walsh’s brother Batt and sister Mary were also heavily involved. Glashabee was known all over Cork and even in neighbouring counties during the war of Independence as it was located on the back routes from West Cork northwards towards North Cork and Tipperary . Eamon DeValera was staying in Walsh’s when he got word of Michael Collins shooting. When Mallow Army barracks were captured the guns and ammunition etc. were initially stored in Glashabee before distribution to other volunteer companies. The Waters and Walsh homes were close to each other and came under much British surveillance.
