2 Tipperary Brigade (Mid Tipperary) – 2 Southern Division
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.
2 Tipperary Brigade (Mid Tipperary) – 2 Southern Division Featured Operations
2 Tipperary Brigade (Mid Tipperary) – 2 Southern Division Operations List (includes those not featured on the map)
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 |