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The following is the list of those who have served as Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army in the various incarnations of organisations bearing that name. Owing to the secretative nature of these organisations, this list is not definitive. CHIEFS OF STAFF OF THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY , ( 1917 - 1922 ) No. Name Assumed Position Left Position Source 1 Cathal Brugha (Chairman of the Resident Executive) 27 October 1917 March 1919 2 Richard Mulcahy March 1919 15 January 1922 3 Eoin O'Duffy 15 January 1922 CHIEFS OF STAFF OF THE (ANTI-TREATY) IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY (1922-1969) No. Name Assumed Position Left Position Source Liam Lynch 26 March 1922 10 April 1923 Frank Aiken 20 April 1923 12 November , 1925 Andy Cooney 12 November 1925 July 1926 Moss (Maurice) Twomey 1926 (acting) 1927 (officially) June 1936 Seán MacBride June 1936 late 1936 Tom Barry 1937 1937 Mick Fitzpatrick 1937 1938 Seán Russell 1938 14 August 1940 Stephen Hayes 1940 ? 30 June 1941 Pearse Kelly (aka Paul Kelso) 1941 27 November 1941 Seán Harrington Aft. November 1941 February 1942 Seán McCool February 1942 14 August 1942 Eoin McNamee 1942 1942 Hugh McAteer 1942 12 October 1942 Charlie Kerins October 1942 16 June 1944 ''position vacant for some months'' 16 June 1944 Harry White 1944 1945 Patrick Fleming March? 1945 1947 ? Willie McGuinness 1947 1948 ? Tony Magan November 1948 6 July 1957 Seán Cronin (''1st time'') July 1957 (acting), 11 November 1957 officially late September 1958 John Joe McGirl 1958 September 1958 Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (''1st time'') 24 October 1958 May/June 1959 Seán Cronin (''2nd time'') May/June 1959 June 1960 Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (''2nd time'') 1960 1962 Cathal Goulding 1962 At an IRA Special Army Convention (SAC) held in Dublin on 28 December 1969 , the IRA split into two factions, namely the majority Official IRA and the minority Provisional IRA . CHIEFS OF STAFF OF THE PROVISIONAL IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY ( 1969 -PRESENT) No. Name Assumed Position Left Position Source Seán Mac Stiofáin December 1969 19 November 1972 Joe Cahill November 1972 March 1973 Seamus Twomey (''1st time'') March 1973 June 1973 Éamonn O’Doherty June 1973 June/July 1974 Seamus Twomey (''2nd time'') June/July 1974 December 1977 Gerry Adams 3 December 1977 18 February 1978 Martin McGuinness 1978 Autumn 1982 Ivor Bell Autumn 1982 September 1983 Kevin McKenna September 1983 October 1997 Thomas "Slab" Murphy October 1997 CHIEFS OF STAFF OF THE OFFICIAL IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY , 1969 -) No. Name Assumed Position Left Position Source Cathal Goulding December 1969 1972 Seán Garland 1998 References