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Cork No. 1
Brigade
Cork No. 1 Brigade area extended from
Youghal in the east to Ballingeary and Ballyvourney in the West. Its Southern
limit was at Ballinhassig and its Northern extreme at Donoughmore. There were
two Battalions in Cork city and others at Cobh, Donoughmore, Macroom,
Ballinhassig, Ballingeary, Ballincollig, Carrignavar, Ballyvourney, Passage West
and Youghal.
Many of the
volunteers and Commanders from this brigade were buried in the Republican Plot
at St. Finbarr's cemetery in Cork city. An annual commemoration is held here on
Easter Sunday.
Below is a list of the men who died
while on active service with the city Battalions of this brigade.
Brigade Staff:
| Rank | Surname | Firstname | Date of Death | Year of Death |
| Commandant | MacCurtain | Tomas | March 20 | 1920 |
| Commandant | MacSwiney | Terence | October 25 | 1920 |
| Commandant | Barry | Denis | November 20 | 1923 |
First Battalion:
The First Battalion covered the city area North of the South Channel of the
river Lee. It was commanded successively by Terence MacSwiney, Fred Murray, Dan
Donovan, Tom Crofts, Patrick (Pa) Murray and Seán O'Donoghue.
| Company | Surname | Firstname | Date of Death | Year of Death |
| A | O'Donoghue | Seán | September 28 | 1922 |
| A | Kenefick | Timothy | November 23 | 1922 |
| A | Hourigan | Jeremiah | August 12 | 1922 |
| B | Lucey | Christopher | November 10 | 1920 |
| C | Murphy | William | December 18 | 1918 |
| C | Crowley | Daniel | ||
| C | Deasy | William | March 23 | 1921 |
| C | Denehy | Thomas | March 23 | 1921 |
| C | Mullane | Jeremiah | March 23 | 1921 |
| C | Murphy | Daniel | March 23 | 1921 |
| C | O'Sullivan | Michael | March 23 | 1921 |
| C | Spriggs | Denis | July 8 | 1921 |
| C | Barry | Tadhg | November 23 | 1921 |
| D | Bulman | Seán | April 27 | 1922 |
| D | Olden | Christopher | August 12 | 1922 |
| E | Mulcahy | Liam | November 23 | 1920 |
| E | Morrissey | Denis C. | November 23 | 1920 |
| E | Moroney | James | August 12 | 1922 |
| E | O'Sullivan | William | July 18 | 1922 |
| E | Healy | Liam | October 29 | 1924 |
| F | Delaney | Jeremiah | December 11 | 1920 |
| F | Delaney | Cornelius | December 11 | 1920 |
| G | Tobin | Michael | May 20 | 1919 |
| G | McCarthy | D. | 1922 | |
| G | Ryan | Matt | March 29 | 1923 |
| H | Murphy | Patrick | September 9 | 1922 |
Second Battalion:
The Second Battalion covered the city area South of the South Channel of the
river Lee. It was commanded successively by, Seán Sullivan, Mick Murphy, Con
Neenan, Peter Donovan and Tadhg Sullivan.
| Company | Surname | Firstname | Date of Death | Year of Death |
| C | O'Donoghue | Patrick | November 23 | 1920 |
| C | Quirke | Seamus | September 9 | 1920 |
| C | O'Suillivan | Tadhg | April 19 | 1921 |
| D | Daly | Charles J. | June 29 | 1921 |
| D | O'Brien | John | September 14 | 1922 |
| E | Trahey | Patrick | November 23 | 1920 |
| E | Mehigan | James | November 23 | 1920 |
| E | Dorman | Stephen | May 23 | 1921 |
| G | Tierney | Eamon | December 16 | 1920 |
| G | Daly | Charles | March 1 | 1921 |
| G | Spillane | William | June 30 | 1922 |
| G | Bourke | George | December 22 | 1923 |
| H | Murphy | Joseph | October 25 | 1920 |
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