This is a list of brigades of the Irish Republican Army, formed or active between 1916 and 1922, which were involved in activities undertaken by the Irish Republican Army.

Munster

County Clare

Period Brigade Division Commandant
1916–1917 East Clare Brigade Michael Brennan
1916–1917 Mid Clare Brigade Sean McNamara
1916–1917 North Clare Brigade H. J. Hunt
1916–1917 West Clare Brigade E. Fennell
1917–1918 Clare Brigade Patrick Brennan
1918–1922 East Clare Brigade 1st Western Division Michael Brennan
1918–1922 Mid Clare Brigade 1st Western Frank Barrett
1918–1922 West Clare Brigade 1st Western Art O'Donnell

County Cork

Period Brigade Division Commandant
1914-1919 Cork Volunteers 1st Southern Division Tomás Mac Curtain
1919-1920 1st Cork Brigade 1st Southern Division Tomás Mac Curtain[3]
1920 1st Cork Brigade 1st Southern Division Terence MacSwiney
1920-1922 1st Cork Brigade 1st Southern Division Sean O'Hegarty
1919-1921 2nd Cork Brigade (North Cork Brigade) 1st Southern Division Liam Lynch[4]
1921 2nd Cork Brigade (North Cork Brigade) 1st Southern Division Sean Moylan
1921 2nd Cork Brigade (North Cork Brigade) 1st Southern Division George Power
1919-1920 3rd Cork Brigade (West Cork Brigade) 1st Southern Division Tom Hales
1920-1921 3rd Cork Brigade (West Cork Brigade) 1st Southern Division Charlie Hurley
1921-22 3rd Cork Brigade (West Cork Brigade) 1st Southern Division Tom Barry
1921 4th Cork Brigade 1st Southern Division Paddy O'Brien[5][6]
1921-1922 4th Cork Brigade 1st Southern Division Sean Moylan[7]
1921-1922 5th Cork Brigade 1st Southern Division Gibbs Ross[8][9]

County Kerry

Period Brigade Division Commandant
1914-1917 Kerry Brigade 1st Southern Division Austin Stack
1917-1919 1st Kerry Brigade 1st Southern Division Austin Stack
1919–1921 1st Kerry Brigade 1st Southern Division Patrick Cahill
1921 1st Kerry Brigade 1st Southern Division Andrew Cooney
1921-1922 1st Kerry Brigade 1st Southern Division Humphrey Murphy[10]
-1921 2nd Kerry Brigade 1st Southern Division Dan Mahony
1921 2nd Kerry Brigade 1st Southern Division Humphrey Murphy
1922 2nd Kerry Brigade 1st Southern Division John Joe Rice[11]

County Limerick

County Tipperary

Period Brigade Division Commandant
1918- 3rd Tipperary Brigade Séumas Robinson

County Waterford

Leinster

County Carlow

County Dublin

County Kildare

County Kilkenny

County Laois

County Longford

See also: North Longford Flying Column
Period Brigade Division Commandant
1920-1922 Longford Brigade 1st Midlands Division Seán Mac Eoin[12]

County Louth

See also: Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army

County Offaly

Period Brigade Division Commandant
1920-1922 Offaly Brigade 1st Eastern Division Barry Byrne[citation needed]

County Westmeath

County Wexford

County Wicklow

Ulster

County Antrim

Period Brigade Division Commandant
1916–1922 Belfast Brigade 3rd Northern Sean Cusack & Joe McKelvey

County Armagh

County Cavan

Period Brigade Division Commandant
1916–1921 Cavan Brigade Ulster Pat Woods
1921–1922 East Cavan Brigade 5th Northern Peadar McMahon, Seán Gallagher & Séamus McGovern
1921–1922 West Cavan Brigade 6th Northern Éamonn McGovern, Michael MacManus & Seán Dolan

County Donegal

Period Brigade Division Commandant
–1922 West Donegal Brigade 1st Northern Division
–1922 North East Donegal Brigade 1st Northern
–1922 South West Donegal Brigade 1st Northern
–1922 South East Donegal Brigade 1st Northern

County Down

County Fermanagh

No.1 Batt. Enniskillen A. Boho B. Derrygonnelly C. Enniskillen D. Monea E. Rosinuremore

No.2 Batt. Belcoo A. Belcoo B. Doobally C. Glan Lower D. Glan Upper E. Killinagh F. Mullaghdun

County Londonderry

County Monaghan

Period Brigade Division Commandant
1916–1922 Monaghan Brigade 5th Northern Division Eoin O'Duffy

County Tyrone

Connacht

County Galway

Period Brigade Division Commandant
1916–1920 Galway Brigade
1920–1922 South East Galway Brigade 1st Western Joeseph Stanford
1920–1922 North Galway Brigade 2nd Western Division
1920–1922 West Galway Brigade 4th Western Division Peter Joe McDonnell

County Leitrim

County Mayo

Period Brigade Division Commandant
1 West Mayo Brigade 4th Western Division Ned Mohan
2 North Mayo Brigade 4th Western Division C. Mackin ; Séamus Kilcullen
1922- 5 North West Mayo 4th Western Division Anthony Farrell
East Mayo 3rd Western Division

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County Roscommon

County Sligo

Other

Period Brigade Division Commandant
1st Scottish Brigade 1st Scottish
2nd Scottish Brigade 1st Scottish
Liverpool Battalion
London Battalion
Newcastle-on-Tyne Battalion
Q Company GHQ

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Brigades – Brigade Activity". Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlas of the Irish Revolution: The War in Cork and Kerry". www.irishexaminer.com. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Dictionary of Irish Biography | Dictionary of Irish Biography". Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ^ admin (14 January 2012). "General Liam Lynch, Chief-of-Staff of the Irish Republican Army". Irish Volunteers.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. ^ Patrick, O'Brien. "Military Archives - Paddy O'Brien Witness Statement" (PDF). militaryarchives.ie. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 December 2019.
  6. ^ "North Cork Brigade". homepage.eircom.net. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  7. ^ Moylan, Sean. "Sean Moylan - Military Witness Statement" (PDF). www.militaryarchives.ie. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 May 2020.
  8. ^ Reidy, Thomas. "Thomas Reidy - Witness Statement" (PDF). www.militaryarchives.ie/. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Listing of persons whose names appear on war memorials in Ireland". www.irishwarmemorials.ie. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Military Pensions - Kerry I Brigade" (PDF). www.militaryarchives.ie.
  11. ^ "Military Service Pensions - Kerry II Brigade" (PDF). www.militaryarchives.ie. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Clonfin Ambush: North Longford Flying Column's finest hour as the elite British forces surrender to Seán Mac Eoin".
  13. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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