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Date Posted: Thu, Nov 15 2007, 15:17:15 In reply to: MacRua 's message, "IRA chieves of staff (list in brief)" on Wed, Oct 20 2004, 8:59:24 >Cathal Brugha (1874-1922) chief of staff (of Irish >Volunteers actually) Oct 1917 – Apr 1919, resigned >becoming Minister for Defence. Later (1922) killed in >action. Got shot in Dublin by FS forces >http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/c/ca/cat >hal_brugha.html >http://irelandsown.net/brugha.html > >Richard Mulcahy (1886-1971) chief of staff Apr 1919 - >Jan 1922, resigned becoming Minister for Defence >(With Eoin O Duffy as Deputy CoS) > http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/r/ri/ri >chard_mulcahy.html > > >Eoin O Duffy (1892-1944) chief of staff (pro-Treaty) >Jan 1922 – Jul 1922, resigned becoming commissioner of >an Garda Síochána >(With J J “Ginger” O'Connell as Deputy CoS) >http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/e/eo/eoi >n_o_duffy.html >http://www.rte.ie/culture/millennia/people/oduffyeoin > > >Joe McKelvey (?-1922) chief of staff (anti-Treaty) >Jun 1922 ? captured following the surrender of the >Four Courts in Dublin. >http://libraryautomation.com/nymas/irishcivilwar.html >Other sources call him “OC of the IRA's Third Northern >Division”, one of “Fianna Headquarters Staff”, >“leading member of the Belfast IRA during the Tan War” >who “after the split joined the anti-Treaty forces” > >Liam Lynch (1893-1923) chief of staff (anti-Treaty) >Apr 1922- Apr 1923. Mortally wounded in action >(With Ernie O Malley as Deputy CoS) >http://irelandsown.net/liamlynch.html > > >Frank Aiken (1896-1983) chief of staff Apr 1923 –1926, >became a founder-member of Fianna Fáil >http://www.irelandsown.net/aiken.html >http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/f/fr/fra >nk_aiken.html > >Maurice “Moss” Twomey (1896-1978) chief of staff 1926- >1936, was arrested after the government had outlawed >the I.R.A. Jun 1936 - sentenced to 3 years in prison >for membership in an illegal organization. >http://www.ucd.ie/archives/html/collections/twoomey-mos >s.htm > > >Sean MacBride (1904-1988) chief of staff 1936-1937 >resigned from the IRA when Bunreacht na hEireann (the >Constitution of Ireland) was enacted later that year >http://www.pittsburghirish.org/AOHDiv32/seanmacbride.ht >m >http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/s/se/sea >n_macbride.html > >Tom Barry (1898-1980) chief of staff 1937-1938 >resigned from the IRA, as he disagreed with the >proposed bombing campaign in England >http://www.searcs-web.com/barry3.html >http://www.rte.ie/culture/millennia/people/barrytom.htm >l >http://dunne.yi.org/reviews/tom_barry.guerilla_days_in_ >ireland.html > > >Sean Russell (?- 1940) chief of staff 1938- Aug 1940, >died aboard of german submarine (over ulcer >perforation) > >Stephen Hayes (?-?) chief of staff 1940 –1941 was >accused of being a Garda spy by some members of his >own headquarters staff. He was kidnapped (by Sean >MacCaughey)on June 30, court-martialed and tortured >by the IRA. >“Hayes had a drink problem. The Fianna Fáil >party and the police knew all this and pressurised >Stephen Hayes. So it was the Fianna Fáil party >and the police who ran the IRA for a short period.” >http://homepage.tinet.ie/~eirenua/2000/nov00/letters.ht >m >“He bought time for himself by writing an elaborate >confession. >Some of those details were demonstrably untrue. >While writing the so-called confession he managed to >escape from his captors, and he turned himself over to >the gardaí for protection on September 8, 1941. >The affair seriously discredited the IRA. If the Chief >of Staff was a spy, it was damaging, but it was even >more damaging if he was not, because his colleagues >tortured him to extract a false confession. ” >http://www.geocities.com/collusion2000_1999/news11.html > >1941-1944: Schisms and splits were of frequent >occurrence. The Hayes affair exacerbated these and the >bitterness grew... > >Hugh McAteer chief of staff 1941-1942 >“Oct 1942 The Royal Ulster Constabulary announces the >arrest of Hugh McAteer, the alleged chief of staff of >the Irish Republican Army. McAteer is later convicted >of treason and sentenced to 15 years in prison. >Jan 1943 Hugh McAteer, Irish Republican Army chief of >staff, escapes from a Belfast prison with 3 associates >after serving 2 months of a 15 year sentence. A £3,000 >reward is posted for his capture. >Nov 1943 Police in Northern Ireland recapture fugitive >Irish Republican Army commander in chief Hugh McAteer. >Feb 1944 Chief of staff Hugh McAteer and 30 other >Irish Republican Army prisoners begin a hunger strike >to protest the refusal of Belfast jailers to separate >them from non-political criminals, provide better food >and allow them to wear civilian clothing. >Mar 1944 Irish Republican Army chief of staff Hugh >McAteer and 2 other prisoners end their hunger strike >Jul 1945 Prime Minister de Valera announces the arrest >and internment of former IRA chief of staff Hugh >McAteer. McAteer who was released from Northern >Ireland prison at the end of the European War is >accused recruiting 40 IRA followers from among the 400 >internees released by the Ireland from the Curragh >camp and plotting with them to overthrow the Irish >Government.” >On his escape: >On 15 January 1943, another escape was made from the >prison. Of the four who got away one was the IRA's >Chief of Staff, Hugh McAteer. All four men were >serving long sentences at the time. The news made for >sensational reading in the following day's papers. At >the time there were three hundred internees and up to >three hundred remand and sentenced prisoners being >held at the jail. At 8.30am, while the rest of the >prisoners were preparing to have their breakfast, the >four escapees were scaling the back wall. The men went >to the third floor toilets at the end of the landing >at 'A' Wing where they had arranged to assemble once >the warders' attention had been distracted. While >there they hauled themselves up through a trap door in >the ceiling. From the roofspace they were able to >break a hole in the roof and gain access to the >perimeter wall which they quickly scaled using a rope >ladder made from sheets taken from their cells. A car >which had been waiting outside drove them off to >freedom. The identities of the four were soon wired to >all the police stations around the North and a >security cordon was erected around the City to try and >capture their 'most wanted men.' > >Pearse Kelly >http://homepage.eircom.net/~eirenua/1996/oct96/oct9601. >htm >http://www.irishresistancebooks.com/internment/intern4. >htm > >Harry White ? (IC of IRA "Northern Command” at least) >http://republican-news.org/archive/2001/November15/15hi >st.html > >Charlie Kerins (?-1944) chief of staff 1942-1944, was >arrested in June of 1944 and climbed the scaffold on >December 1st, 1944. When no Irish person would take >the job, De Valera and Boland hired an English hangman > >Sean MacCool chief of staff 1944-1945 >“Jul 1945 Irish Republican Army chief of staff Sean >MacCool is arrested and charged with plotting to >assassinate John Gantley, superintendent of the Garda >Siochana.” >http://p210.ezboard.com/ftheworldatwar70879frm1.showMes >sage?index=2&topicID=441.topic > >Patrick “Paddy” Fleming chief of staff 1945-1947 >(in 1939 Ultimatum was signed by Patrick Fleming, “on >behalf of the Government and the Army Council of >Óglaigh na h-Eireann”) >http://irelandsown.net/republicanism.htm > >Willie McGuinness chief of staff 1947 > > >Tony Magan (?-?) chief of staff 1948-1957 >He wanted to create a new Army, untarnished by the >dissent and scandals of the previous decade’, as J. >Bowyer Bell put it, with ‘no shadow of a gangster >gunman, no taint of Communisn, but a band of >Volunteers solely dedicated to reuniting Ireland by >physical force’ > >Richard Burke chief of staff 1957? Dublin unit of IRA > >Sean Cronin chief of staff around 1957 ? Interned. >Among otheres was released from the Curragh in 1959... >1959-1960 >“Later it was a battle-team of two sometimes joined to >another with a Section-Leader in charge making up five >Volunteers. Other battle-teams could be added in >extraordinary situations. This was Mac >Lógáin's view early on and was accepted >by Seán Cronin and the Army generally. ” >http://www.freewebs.com/saoirse/record/record08.htm > > >John Joe McGirl (1921-1988) chief of staff 1957-1958 >http://www.rte.ie/culture/millennia/people/mcgirljohnjo >e.html >http://radial.sovereignmagic.com/archives/000628.php > > > >Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (b. 1932) >chief of staff 1958-1959, 1961-1962 >http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Ruair%ED_%D3_Br%E1daig >h >http://www.rte.ie/culture/millennia/people/obradaighrua >iri.html >Interview >http://www.freewebs.com/saoirse/record/record08.htm >http://radial.sovereignmagic.com/archives/000667.php > > >Cathal Goulding (1922-1998) IRA chief of staff >1962-1969 (OIRA founding member and chief of staff >1970-1972) >http://irelandsown.net/goulding.html > >Sean MacStiofáin / John Stevenson (1930-2001) >PIRA chief of staff 1969- Nov 1972 >http://irelandsown.net/macstiofain.html >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1338365.stm >Interview >http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/insid >e/mac.html > >Joe Cahill (1920- 2004) PIRA chief of staff Nov 1972 - >Mar 1973. sentenced to three years by a court in >Dublin for attempting to smuggle arms from Libya. >“the father of this generation of republicans.” >http://www.redglobe.de/modules.php?name=News&file=artic >le&sid=2608 >http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/people/biography/cpeople >.htm >http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/harp/333/cahill.html > >Doherty ? - Jun 1973 - Jul 1974 > >Seamus Twomey (?- 1989) PIRA chif of staff 1973 , >Jul 1974 – Dec 1977 >“It was the old IRA veteran who pioneered the car bomb >blitz of central Belfast. Thanks to this rosary-bead >rattling republican of the old school we had such >glorious chapters of Irish history as Bloody Friday >and Claudy. “ >http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763 >,977888,00.html [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |