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 |
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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 [1] [2] [3] [4] | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
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1914-1919 | Cork Volunteers | 1st Southern Division | Tomás Mac Curtain |
1919-1920 | 1st Cork Brigade | 1st Southern Division | Tomás Mac Curtain [5] |
1920 | 1st Cork Brigade | 1st Southern Division | Terence MacSwiney |
1920-1922 | 1st Cork Brigade | 1st Southern Division | Sean O'Hegarty |
1922-? | 1st Cork Brigade | 1st Southern Division | Herbert ‘Sean’ Mitchell |
1919-1921 | 2nd Cork Brigade (North Cork Brigade) | 1st Southern Division | Liam Lynch [6] |
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 [7] [8] |
1921-1922 | 4th Cork Brigade | 1st Southern Division | Sean Moylan [9] |
1921-1922 | 5th Cork Brigade | 1st Southern Division | Gibbs Ross [10] [11] |
Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
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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 [12] |
-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 [13] |
Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
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1918-1922 | 3rd Tipperary Brigade | 2nd southern division [14] | Séumas Robinson |
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Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
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1919-1922 | Longford Brigade | 1st Midlands Division | Thomas Reddington [15] |
Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
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1920-1922 | Offaly Brigade | 1st Eastern Division | Barry Byrne[ citation needed ] |
Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
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1916–1922 | Belfast Brigade | 3rd Northern | Sean Cusack & Joe McKelvey |
Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
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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 |
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–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 |
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1916–1922 | Monaghan Brigade | 5th Northern Division | Eoin O'Duffy |
Period | Brigade | Division | Commandant |
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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 |
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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 |
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1st Scottish Brigade | 1st Scottish | ||
2nd Scottish Brigade | 1st Scottish | ||
Liverpool Battalion | |||
London Battalion | |||
Newcastle-on-Tyne Battalion | |||
Q Company GHQ | |||
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