1st Brigade (Ireland)

1st Brigade
Irish: 1ú Briogáid

1st Brigade shoulder flash
Country  Ireland
Branch Army
Part of Defence Forces
Garrison/HQ Collins Barracks, Cork
Commanders
Current
commander		 Brigadier General Philip Brennan[1]
Insignia
Flag
Soldiers parade at Collins Barracks in Cork, HQ of the Army's 1st Brigade

The 1st Brigade (known as 1st (Southern) Brigade until the 2012 reorganisation of the army) (Irish: 1ú Briogáid) is a brigade of the Irish Army. The brigade headquarters are in Collins Barracks in Cork. The 1st Brigade is responsible for military operations in the south of Ireland. Its area of responsibility includes the counties of Galway, Offaly, Laois, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary.

It is also responsible for the security of a number of important civil installations including Cork Harbour, Cork Airport, Shannon Airport and Farranfore Airport.[2]

Units

Barracks

Training Facilities

References

  1. ↑ "General Officer Commanding 1 Brigade". Irish Defence Forces. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.military.ie/army/organisation/1st-brigade
  3. ↑ http://www.military.ie/en/info-centre/how-we-are-organised/
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