Brigade Activity Reports

2 Tipperary Brigade (Mid Tipperary) - 2 Southern Division

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Operation County Location Date
Attack on Holycross RIC Barracks Tipperary Holycross [18] January 1920
Attack on Templemore Barracks and attack on military patrol Tipperary Templemore Oct /Nov 1922
Poynstown Ambush Tipperary Poynstown [January] 1921
Fighting at Farranaleen, Kilmanagh, Co Tipperary Tipperary Farranaleen [14 - 31] July 1922
Attack on Drombane, occupied by RIC and Black and Tans Tipperary Drombane/Upperchurch January 1920
Shooting of D.I. Wilson at Fogarty's, Templemore Tipperary Templemore 16 August 1920
Shooting of D.I. Hunt at Thurles Tipperary Thurles 23 June 1919
Ambush of RIC patrol at Killoskehan, near Templemore Tipperary Killoskehan 6 October 1920
Capture and burning of Litleton Barracks Tipperary Litleton 31 October 1920
Attempted capture of Thurles Tipperary Thurles [14 - 18] July 1922
RIC man shot at The Ragg Tipperary The Ragg 29 March 1920

1 Battalion: Unit strength on 11 July 1921 was 569 all ranks, and the strength on 1 July 1922 was 269 all ranks. The companies of the 1 Battalion were located as follows: Thurles, Holycross, Moycarbey, Boherlahan, Two-Mile-Borris, Gortnahoe, Glangoole and The Commons.
2 Battalion: Unit strength on 11 July 1921 was 292 all ranks, and the strength on 1 July 1922 was 190 all ranks. The companies of the 2 Battalion were located as follows: Castleiney, Templetuohy, Loughmore, Moyne, Clonmore, Drom, Templemore and Killea.
3 Battalion: Unit strength on 11 July 1921 was 242 all ranks, and the strength on 1 July 1922 was 132 all ranks.The companies of the 3rd. Battalion were located as follows: Drombane, Upperchurch, Borrisoleigh, Inch, Ballycahill and Inch-Milestone.

An Active Service Unit was effective with the Mid-Tipperary Brigade up to 11 July 1921 with a total overall strength of 52 all ranks. All of these personnel are stated to have been attached from the 1 Battalion.