He reorganised the Cork Irish Volunteers-the paramilitary organisation that became the Irish Republican Army-in 1919, becoming commandant of the Cork No.2 Brigade of the IRA during the guerrilla Anglo-Irish War.
He reorganised the Cork Irish Volunteers-the paramilitary organisation that became the Irish Republican Army-in 1919. He was becoming commandant of the Cork No.2 Brigade of the IRA during the guerrilla Anglo-Irish War.