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 The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; ) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland ...

to form the

Real IRA The Real Irish Republican Army, or Real IRA (RIRA), was a Dissident republican, dissident Irish republican paramilitary group that aimed to bring about a United Ireland. It was formed in 1997 following a split in the Provisional Irish Republica ...

, taking weaponry to his breakaway organisation.

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

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

Liam Mellows William Joseph Mellows (, 25 May 1892 – 8 December 1922) was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician. Born in England to an English father and Irish mother, he grew up in Ashton-under-Lyne before moving to Ireland, ...

, 1922 *Sean O'Muirthile, 1923-1924 *Andrew Cooney, July 1924 – 1925 *F. Cronin? *

Seán Russell Seán Russell (13 October 1893 – 14 August 1940) was an Irish republican who participated in the Easter Rising of 1916, held senior positions in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War, and was Chief ...

, 1927-1936 *Mick Fitzpatrick, 1936-1937 *James Hannegan, from 1937 *Charlie McGlade, from 1941 * Harry White, 1942-1943 *

Archie Doyle Archie Doyle (29 September 1903 – 1980) was one of three anti-Treaty members of the Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) (IRA) who on 10 July 1927 assassinated the Irish Justice Minister Kevin O'Higgins. He had had a long subsequent career in t ...

, 1940s *

Larry Grogan Larry Grogan (; 1899–1979) was an Irish republican activist. Born in Drogheda, Grogan joined the Irish Volunteers at the age of 18,Cathal Goulding Cathal Goulding (; 2 January 1923 – 26 December 1998) was Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the Official IRA. Early life and career One of seven children born on East Arran Street in north Dublin to an Irish republican f ...

, 1959-1962Treacy 2013 p.11 *Mick Ryan, from 1962
(also first QMG of the Official IRA from 1969) *Prior, to 1966 *Jimmy Quigley, from 1966 *Pat Regan, late 1960s

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

Dáithí Ó Conaill Dáithí Ó Conaill (English: ''David O'Connell''; May 1938 – 1 January 1991) was an Irish republican, a member of the IRA Army Council of the Provisional IRA, and vice-president of Sinn Féin and Republican Sinn Féin. He was also the firs ...

, 1969 *Jack McCabe, 1969-1971 *Denis McInerney, 1971-1972Moloney 2002 p. 137 * Patrick Ryan, 1972-1973 * Brian Keenan, from 1973 *Frank Hegarty, 1980s *Kevin Hannaway, to 1985Moloney 2002 p. 384 * Michael McKevitt, 1985-1997Andrew Sanders, ''Inside the IRA: Dissident Republicans and the War for Legitimacy'', p.209

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

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)

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