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 The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various paramilitary organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dedicated to irredentism through Irish republicanism, the belief t ...

. In the

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

, 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

to form the Real IRA, taking PIRA weaponry to his breakaway organization.

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 ( ga, Liam Ó Maoilíosa, 25 May 1892 – 8 December 1922) was an 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, 1927-1936 *Mick Fitzpatrick, 1936-1937 *James Hannegan, from 1937 *Charlie McGlade, from 1941 *

Harry White Harry White may refer to: Politics *Harry White (Australian politician) (1898–1946), Australian politician from Victoria *Harry White (Pennsylvania politician) (1834–1920), American politician from Pennsylvania *Harry White (Washington politici ...

, 1942-1943 * Archie Doyle, 1940s *

Larry Grogan Larry Grogan ( ga, Labhras Ó Gruagáin; 1899–1979) was an Irish republican activist. Born in Drogheda, Grogan joined the Irish Volunteers at the age of 18,Cathal Goulding, 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, 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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