Formation
of (North) Cork No. 2 Brigade
Introduction from Chronology
A meeting is held in the house of
Batt Walsh, Glashbee, Mallow to form (North) Cork No. 2 Brigade presided over
by Tomás MacCurtain.
More Detail
At the meeting the following
officers were elected: Liam Lynch (Fermoy), Brigade Commandant; Dan Hegarty
(Mallow) Vice-Commandant; Tom Barry (Glanworth) Adjutant; and George Power
(Fermoy) Quartermaster.
There were seven battalions in
the Brigade area as follows: Fermoy (1st), Mallow (2nd), Castletownroche (3rd),
Charville (4th), Newmarket (5th), Kanturk (6th) & Millstreet (7th).
(Note: Tom Barry from Glanworth was not the same as person as Tom Barry from
Rosscarbery who later became leader of the West Cork Brigade Flying Column.)