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.
| 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 |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918-1922 | 3rd Tipperary Brigade | 2nd southern division [12] | Séumas Robinson |
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| Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919-1922 | Longford Brigade | 1st Midlands Division | Thomas Reddington [13] |
| Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920-1922 | Offaly Brigade | 1st Eastern Division | Barry Byrne[ citation needed ] |
| Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1916–1922 | Belfast Brigade | 3rd Northern | Sean Cusack & Joe McKelvey |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
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
| Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1916–1922 | Monaghan Brigade | 5th Northern Division | Eoin O'Duffy |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Scottish Brigade | 1st Scottish | ||
| 2nd Scottish Brigade | 1st Scottish | ||
| Liverpool Battalion | |||
| London Battalion | |||
| Newcastle-on-Tyne Battalion | |||
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Gerald Bartley was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for the Gaeltacht and Minister for Defence from 1959 to 1965. He was a TD for the Galway and Galway West constituencies from 1932 until his retirement in 1965.
Fionán Lynch was an Irish revolutionary, barrister, politician and judge of the Circuit Court from 1944 to 1959, Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1938 to 1939, Minister for Lands and Fisheries from 1928 to 1932, Minister for Fisheries from 1922 to 1928, Minister without portfolio from August 1922 to December 1922 and Minister for Education from April 1922 to August 1922. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1944.
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