Letter from Gearóid MacAmhlaoibh [Gerald McAuliffe], Officer Commanding West Limerick Brigade, to Director of Intelligence, Dublin, giving instructions for communication with the West Limerick Brigade.
UntitledLetter from Gearóid MacAmhlaoibh [Gerald McAuliffe], Officer Commanding West Limerick Brigade, to Director of Communications, Dublin, giving instructions for communication with the West Limerick Brigade.
UntitledCorrespondence between Officer Commanding Limerick County to Chief of Staff [Frank Aiken], Dublin, relating to the campaign to have William Bourke reinstated to his job as bank manager in Abbeyfeale.
UntitledCorrespondence between Officer Commanding Limerick County and Chief of Staff [Frank Aiken], Dublin, relating to the former’s non-attendance at a training course owing to a misunderstanding concerning the payment of travel expenses.
UntitledCorrespondence between Chief of Staff [Frank Aiken], General Head Quarters, Dublin; Officer Commanding West Limerick Brigade Gearóid MacAmhlaoibh [Gerald McAuliffe]; Acting Officer Commanding Limerick Brigade E. Hanrahan; and Inspecting Officer Maurice Twomey relating to plans to amalgamate the West, Mid and East Limerick brigades of the IRA into a single independent command area.
UntitledLetter from Padraig Ó hÉigceartaigh [?], former adjutant of the Mid Limerick Brigade, to the Director of Communications, Dublin, relating to the unsuitability of the current Officer Commanding Mid Limerick Brigade as he may be a Free State spy, and recommending Commandant Dundon as a more appropriate candidate.
UntitledLetter from Chief of Staff [Frank Aiken], Dublin, to Officer Commanding Limerick County, relating to on-going efforts to improve the training of officers.
UntitledCorrespondence between Officer Commanding Limerick County, Chief of Staff [Frank Aiken], Dublin, and Staff Captain Mack, concerning the difficulties of communication between the General Head Quarters and Clare Brigade and Mack’s efforts to resolve them. Also Mack’s observations of the state of the brigades in Limerick and Clare following an inspection tour.
UntitledThe collection comprises primarily correspondence between Frank Aiken, IRA Chief of Staff; Mr McAuliffe Acting Officer Commanding Limerick Brigade IRA; and Maurice Twomey Inspecting Officer. They are almost solely concerned with the reorganisation of the IRA command structure in Limerick, Clare and Kerry owing to the shortage of men and equipment during and following the Civil War.
UntitledLetter from Maurice Twomey, Inspecting Officer, Head Quarters of the 1st Southern Division, to [Frank Aiken], Chief of Staff, [Dublin], relating to the difficulty in arranging the court martial of ‘B’; and the need to have army regulations in booklet form.
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