Moss Twomey

Moss Twomey
Muirgheas Ó Tuama
Chief of Staff of the IRA
In office
1926 – June 1936
Preceded byAndrew Cooney
Succeeded bySeán MacBride
Personal details
Born
Maurice Twomey

(1897-06-10)10 June 1897
Clondulane, near Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland
Died1 October 1978(1978-10-01) (aged 81)
Military service
Branch/serviceOriginal IRA
Anti-Treaty IRA
RankChief of Staff (Anti-Treaty IRA)
Battles/warsIrish War of Independence
Irish Civil War

Maurice Twomey (Irish: Muirgheas Ó Tuama; 10 June 1897 – October 1978) was an Irish republican and the longest serving chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).[1]

  1. ^ MacEoin, Uinseann (1997), The IRA in the Twilight Years 1923-1948, Argenta Publications, Dublin, pg 429, ISBN 0951117246