IRA Director of Intelligence

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The Director of Intelligence attempted to oversee the workings of intelligence officers in the IRA's local units across the island.

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Director of Intelligence of the Irish Republican Army (1917–1922)

ImageNameAssumed positionLeft positionSource
Eamonn duggan.jpg
Eamonn Duggan August 1917January 1919 [1]
Michael Collins himself.jpg
Michael Collins January 19191922 [2]

Director of Intelligence of the (anti-Treaty) Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)

ImageNameAssumed positionLeft positionSource
Joseph Griffin [a] 26 March 19221 August 1922 [3]
Sean Hyde [b] October 1922December 1922 [4]
Michael Carolan August 1922July 1925 [5]
Frank Kerlin July 1925March 1927 [6] [7]
Sean MacBride circa 1947.jpg
Seán MacBride circa 1927cira 1929 [8]
Mick Pricecirca 19291933 [9] [10]
Sean MacBride circa 1947.jpg
Seán MacBride 19331936 [11]
Sean O'Brien1937? [12]
Willie McGuinness1939? [13]
Gerard O'Reilly1942? [14]
Significant gap in information
Sean O'Bradaigh1966? [15]
Seán Mac Stíofáin 19661969 [16]

a. ^ Griffin was Director of Intelligence of the IRA's Four Courts General Headquarters

b. ^ Hyde was Director of Intelligence of the IRA's Field Headquarters General Headquarters

Director of Intelligence of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (1969–2005)

ImageNameAssumed positionLeft positionSource
Kieran Conway late 19741975 [17]
Seamus Twomey January 1982? [18]
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Bobby Storey late 1990s?2005? [19] [20]

See also

References

  1. Military Pension Service file of Eamonn Duggan. File reference MSP34REF2431 (pp. 12)
  2. T. Ryle Dwyer, The Squad: And the Intelligence Operations of Michael Collins (Mercier Press, 2005), p. 13
  3. Military Pension Service file of Joseph Griffin. File reference MSP34REF40 (pp. 9 and 24)
  4. Military Pension Service file of Sean Hyde. File reference MSP34REF16364 (pp. 34-35)
  5. Military Pension Service file of Michael Carolan. File reference MSP34REF20261 (p. 60); 2RB4251 (p. 5)
  6. James Gillogly, Decoding the IRA (Mercier Press, 2008), p. 143
  7. Uinseann MacEoin, The IRA in the Twilight Years: 1923–1948 (Argenta, 1997, p. 123
  8. Kevin Rafter, Story of Clann Na Poblachta (Mercier Press, 1996), p. 21
  9. "Dictionary of Irish Biography | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  10. Brian Hanley, The IRA: 1926-36 (Four Courts Press, 2002), p. 196. ISBN   1-85182-721-8
  11. Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid, Seán MacBride: A Republican Life, 1904–1946 (Liverpool, 2011), p. 109
  12. J. Bowyer Bell, The Secret Army: The IRA (Sphere Books, 1972 edition), p. 109
  13. John O'Neill, Belfast Battalion: a history of the Belfast IRA, 1922-1969 (Litter Press, 2018), p. 110
  14. John O'Neill, Belfast Battalion: a history of the Belfast IRA, 1922-1969 (Litter Press, 2018), p. 148
  15. Matt Treacy, The IRA 1956–69: Rethinking the Republic (Manchester University Press, 2011), p. 110
  16. Dictionary of Irish Biography entry for Seán Mac Stíofáin, https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a5081&searchClicked=clicked&quickadvsearch=yes
  17. Kieran Conway, Southside Provisional: From Freedom-Fighter to the Four Courts (Orpen Press, 2014)
  18. Dictionary of Irish Biography entry for Seamus Twomey, https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a8691&searchClicked=clicked&quickadvsearch=yes
  19. "Bobby Storey: The IRA's planner and enforcer who stayed in the shadows". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  20. Ed Moloney, A Secret History of the IRA (Penguin, 2007 edition), p. 536