I am trying to locate information about my g-uncle who participated in the rebellion (1916 - 1921). He was an active member of the IRA and was incarcerated by the British forces during that period. I understand that if I have his regiment, I may be able to get his service information from the GRO in Dublin. Can anyone tell me where I might be able to get a list of the IRA regiments by county? (He was from Cavan.)

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:56:19 GMT, "Jim McCormick" <jimmccormick235@earthlink.net> wrote: >I am trying to locate information about my g-uncle who participated in the >rebellion (1916 - 1921). He was an active member of the IRA and was >incarcerated by the British forces during that period. I understand that if >I have his regiment, I may be able to get his service information from the >GRO in Dublin. Can anyone tell me where I might be able to get a list of >the IRA regiments by county? (He was from Cavan.) > Try the Irish Defense Force Archives. Go to http://www.military.ie/military_archives/index.html Don't think it is searchable via the web, just list what they have in their collection. You also might try various sources in Cavan itself. The IRA of this era split into Pro-Treaty and Anti-Treaty factions during the Civil War. The IRA factions that allied themselves with the Free State became the Irish Defense Force and the Anti-Treaty factions were outlawed and are the ancestors of the Provos.