List of members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood explained

The following is a partial list of prominent members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), circa 1858-1922.

• Maurice Ahern, member of the Cork branch.
• William O'Mera Allen
• Thomas Ashe, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1916 to 1917
  • Michael Barrett Piaras Béaslaí
• James Bermingham
• Gerald Boland
• Harry Boland
• James Boland
• Hugh Brady (1896-1977), Paradise Ballynacally Clare Brigade, sentenced to death by firing squad Killadysert, escaped
  • Patrick William Nally Éamonn Ceannt, aka Eamonn Kent
• Thomas J. Clarke, Treasurer at the time of the Easter Rising
• Cornelius Colbert
• Michael Collins
• James Connolly, socialist and labour leader, joined prior to the Easter Rising
• Patrick Curran, police informant
• Ned Daly
• Michael Davitt
• Éamon de Valera
• Seamus Deakin, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1913 to 1914
• Timothy Deasy
• John Devoy
• Charles Guilfoyle Doran
• Edward Duffy
• Thomas McCarthy Fennell
• William Goold
• Arthur Griffith
• Michael Grimes, Irish scientist and first Professor of Microbiology at University College Cork
• Bulmer Hobson
• Martin Hogan, member of the IRB who deserted from the British Army to join the Fenian uprising^{[1] [2]}
• Thomas J. Kelly, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood during 1866 and 1867.
• Luke Kennedy, joined 1898^[3]
• Charles Joseph Kickham, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1873 to 1882
  • • Michael Larkin Diarmuid Lynch Seán Mac Diarmada, aka Sean MacDermott, Secretary at the time of the Easter Rising
• Thomas MacDonagh
• Seán MacEoin, joined 1914. Minister for Justice 1948-1951, Minister for Defence 1953-1956.
• Eamon Martin
• Patrick McCartan
• Denis McCullough, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1915 to 1916
• Seán McGarry, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1917 until 1919
• Liam Mellows
• Michael McHugh, father of Maureen O'Carroll^[4]
• Denis Dowling Mulcahy
• John Mulholland, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1910 to 1912
• Neal O'Boyle, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1907 until 191.
• James Francis Xavier O'Brien, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from around 1869 until 1872
• John O'Connor, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from around 1882 to 1891
• Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa
• John O'Leary, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from around 1891 to 1907
• John O'Mahony
• Garrett O'Shaughnessy
• Gearoid O'Sullivan
• Ted O'Sullivan
• Charles Stewart Parnell
• Patrick Pearse
• Joseph Mary Plunkett
• John O'Connor Power
• James Stephens
• James Wilson
• W. B. Yeats^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Irish nationalist who escaped Australian prison lies in unmarked Chicago grave. Frances . Mulraney . 28 August 2015. Irish Central.
2. News: After 114 years, forgotten no longer . Donna . Vickroy. Chicago Tribune . 15 September 2015.
3. Michael Collins’s 'secret service unit' in the trade union movement . Padraig . Yeates . Conor . McNamara . History Ireland. 23 May 2014.
4. Michael McHugh . History Ireland . 19 February 2016.
5. Web site: William Butler Yeats . Cork Multitext Project . 15 July 2007 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070702225549/http://multitext.ucc.ie/d/William_Butler_Yeats . 2 July 2007 .