The Mid Limerick Brigade was one of three Brigades of the Irish Republican Army operating in County Limerick in the

Irish War of Independence The Irish War of Independence () or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-mil ...

and the

Irish Civil War The Irish Civil War ( ga, Cogadh Cathartha na hÉireann; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United ...

. 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.

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