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IRA Quartermaster General

IRA Quartermaster General

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The IRA Quartermaster General (QMG) oversaw the acquisition, concealment and maintenance of weaponry for the Irish Republican Army since its foundation in 1919. His department worked closely with the Engineering in the development of weapons.

A number of people held the post of IRA QMG. In 1997, the then QMG, Michael McKevitt, broke away from the Provisional IRA to form the Real IRA, taking weaponry to his breakaway organisation.[citation needed]

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

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

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

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