IRA Quartermaster General

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The IRA Quartermaster General (QMG) runs a department which is responsible for obtaining, concealing and maintaining the store of weaponry of the Irish Republican Army[which?]. In the Provisional IRA, the QMG department is a large and important department. It works closely with the IRA Engineering Department, which develops weapons.

A number of people have held the post of QMG. In 1997, the then QMG, Michael McKevitt broke away from the Provisional IRA[1] to form the Real IRA, taking PIRA weaponry to his breakaway organization.[2]

List of Quartermasters General of the Irish Republican Army (1917–1922)[]

Further information: Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
No. Name Assumed position Left position Source
Michael Staines 1917 March 1920 [3]
Fintan Murphy March 1920 December 1920 [4]
Seán Mac Mahon December 1920 February 1922 [5]

List of Quartermasters Generals of the (anti-Treaty) Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)[]

1922: Liam Mellows
1923-1924 Sean O'Muirthile
July 1924-1925 Andrew Cooney [6]
F. Cronin?
1927-1936: Seán Russell[7]
1936-1937: Mick Fitzpatrick[8]
from 1937: James Hannegan[9]
from 1941: Charlie McGlade[10]
1942-1943: Harry White[11]
1940s: Archie Doyle[12]
from c.1950: Larry Grogan[13]
1959-1962: Cathal Goulding[14]
from 1962: Mick Ryan (also first QMG of the Official IRA from 1969)[15]
to 1966: Prior[14]
from 1966: Jimmy Quigley[16]
late 1960s: Pat Regan[17]

List of Quartermasters Generals of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (1969–2005)[]

1969: Dáithí Ó Conaill[18]
1969-1971: Jack McCabe[19]
1971-1972: Denis McInerney[20]
1972-1973: Patrick Ryan[20]
from 1973: Brian Keenan[20]
1980s: Frank Hegarty[21]
to 1985: Kevin Hannaway[22]
1985-1997: Michael McKevitt[22][23]

See also[]

References[]

Sources[]

  • Bell, J. Bowyer (2017). The Secret Army: The IRA. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-47445-0. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  • MacEoin, Uinseann (1997). The IRA in the twilight years: 1923–1948 (PDF). Dublin: Argenta. ISBN 9780951117248. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via Irish Military Archives.
  • Moloney, Ed (2002). A Secret History of the IRA. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-101041-X.
  • Treacy, Matt (2013). The IRA 1956–69: Rethinking the Republic. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-84779-417-8. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via Project MUSE.

Citations[]

  1. ^ Security, Global. "New Irish Republican Army". www.globalsecurity.org/. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA)". Mackenzie Institute. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Free state senate by-election", Irish Times, 25 July 1929
  4. ^ Military Service Pension file of Fintan Murphy (MSP34REF11815) Pages 12-13 of application form. Available at http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/search.aspx
  5. ^ Military Service Pension file of Sean MacMahon (24SP5162). Available at http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/search.aspx
  6. ^ Dictionary of Irish Biography entry for Andrew Cooney, https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a2009&searchClicked=clicked&quickadvsearch=yes
  7. ^ James Gillogly, Decoding the IRA, pp.7-8
  8. ^ MacEoin 2007 p.17
  9. ^ Bell 2007 p.137
  10. ^ Richard English, Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA, p.56
  11. ^ Bell 2007 pp.229-230
  12. ^ MacEoin 2007 p.452
  13. ^ Bell 2007 pp.240-248
  14. ^ a b Treacy 2013 p.11
  15. ^ Brian Hanley and Scott Millar, The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party
  16. ^ Treacy 2013 p.89
  17. ^ Treacy 2013 p.167
  18. ^ Moloney 2002 p.78
  19. ^ Treacy 2013 p.108
  20. ^ a b c Moloney 2002 p. 137
  21. ^ Liam Clarke, "Half of all top IRA men 'worked for security services'", Belfast Telegraph, 21 December 2011
  22. ^ a b Moloney 2002 p. 384
  23. ^ Andrew Sanders, Inside the IRA: Dissident Republicans and the War for Legitimacy, p.209
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