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. In the Provisional IRA, the QMG department is 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 Provisional IRA to form the Real IRA, taking PIRA weaponry to his breakaway organization.
List of Quartermasters General
1917-1920: Michael Staines 1920-1921: Seán Mac Mahon 1922: Liam Mellows 1923-1924 Sean O'Muirthile F. Cronin? 1927-1936: Seán Russell 1936-1937: Mick Fitzpatrick from 1937: James Hannegan from 1941: Charlie McGlade 1942-1943: Harry White 1940s: Archie Doyle from c.1950: Larry Grogan 1959-1962: Cathal Goulding from 1962: Mick Ryan (also first QMG of the Official IRA from 1969) to 1966: Prior from 1966: Jimmy Quigley late 1960s: Pat Regan 1969: Dáithí Ó Conaill 1969-1971: Jack McCabe 1971-1972: Denis McInerey 1972-1973: Patrick Ryan from 1973: Brian Keenan 1980s: Frank Hegarty to 1985: Kevin Hannaway 1985-1997: Michael McKevittReferences
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