The Mid Limerick Brigade was one of three Brigades of the

Irish Republican Army The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various Resistance movement, resistance organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dominantly Catholic and dedicated to anti-imperiali ...

operating in

County Limerick County Limerick () is a western Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Reg ...

in the

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and the

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. The Brigade Commandant was Liam Forde. The other Brigades were the East Limerick Brigade and the West Limerick Brigade. The Mid Limerick Brigade had four battalions. * 2nd Battalion: Limerick City * 3rd Battalion: Castleconnell and Murroe * 4th Battalion: Caherconlish and Fedamore * 5th Battalion: Patrickswell and Mare 1st Battalion was the original organisation in the city but it was no longer recognised by IRA GHQ at the time of the formation of the Mid Limerick Brigade.

References

Irish War of Independence History of County Limerick {{Ireland-hist-stub