Re-organisation
of (West) Cork No. 3 Brigade of Irish Volunteers.
Introduction
from Chronology
At a meeting on this date, there are a number of changes made to the
personnel of the West Cork Brigade.
More Detail
The meeting took place
at Caheragh, Drimoleague
and was presided over by Collins.
Deasy says that Seán Hayes was appointed
Brigade V/C to replace Hugh Thornton; Liam Deasy
appointed Brigade Adjutant to replace Michael McCarthy (who was made Acting O/C
of the Dunmanway Battalion) and Pat Harte was
appointed Brigade QM to replace Denis O’Shea. (O’Donoghue says that Ted
O’Sullivan replaced Seán Hayes as V/C at this meeting. Deasy was not
at the meeting.)
O’Donoghue says
that this was the last occasion that Collins or any senior member of the GHQ
staff visited any of the three Cork Brigades during the War of Independence (but
that members of the Cork Brigades visited Dublin for meetings with GHQ staff).