List of brigades of 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[1][2]
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

County Waterford

Leinster

County Carlow

County Dublin

County Kildare

County Kilkenny

County Laois

County Longford

County Louth

County Meath

County Offaly

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
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
West Mayo Brigade 4th Western Division
North Mayo Brigade 4th Western Division
North West Mayo 4th Western Division
East Mayo 3rd Western Division

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
  • Hopkinson, Michael (2002). The Irish War of Independence: The Definitive Account of the Anglo Irish War of 1919-1921. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 0717161978.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • McKenna, Joseph (2011). Guerrilla Warfare in the Irish War of Independence, 1919-1921. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786485192.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References
  1. "Brigades – Brigade Activity". Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  2. Monday; September 18; 2017 (2017-09-18). "Atlas of the Irish Revolution: The War in Cork and Kerry". www.irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a5147
  4. admin (2012-01-14). "General Liam Lynch, Chief-of-Staff of the Irish Republican Army". Irish Volunteers.org. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  5. Patrick, O'Brien. "Military Archives - Paddy O'Brien Witness Statement" (PDF). militaryarchives.ie.
  6. "North Cork Brigade". homepage.eircom.net. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  7. Moylan, Sean. "Sean Moylan - Military Witness Statement" (PDF). www.militaryarchives.ie.
  8. Reidy, Thomas. "Thomas Reidy - Witness Statement" (PDF). www.militaryarchives.ie/.
  9. "Listing of persons whose names appear on war memorials in Ireland". www.irishwarmemorials.ie. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  10. "Military Pensions - Kerry I Brigade" (PDF). www.militaryarchives.ie.
  11. "Millitary Service Pensions - Kerry II Brigade" (PDF). www.militaryarchives.ie.
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