Seán Harrington (Chief of Staff)
Seán Harrington (1915–1978) was an Irish republican who later became Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army.
Biography[edit]
Harrington was born in Ballyduff, County Kerry in 1915. He joined the Irish Republican Army (IRA) as a young man.
By 1941, Harrington was a member of the IRA's Army Council which organised a court-marshal of former Chief of Staff Stephen Hayes, although he did not personally take part in the trial.[1] He became Chief of Staff of the IRA in November 1941 when Pearse Kelly was arrested, but he himself was arrested the following month.[2] He was charged with failing to explain his possession of £50 and refusing to give his details to police, and was sentenced in March 1942 to two years imprisonment.[3] Despite this, he appears to have remained Chief of Staff until February 1942, when Seán McCool was selected as his replacement.[4]
He later lived at Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin, and died in November 1978.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Richard English, Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA, p.56
- ^ Edgar O'Ballance, Terror in Ireland: The Heritage of Hate, p.67
- ^ "Irish news reel: Munster", Irish News, 14 March 1942.
- ^ MacEoin, Uinseann (1997). The IRA in the twilight years: 1923–1948 (PDF). Dublin: Argenta. p. 857. ISBN 9780951117248. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via Irish Military Archives.
- ^ The Kerryman, 10 November 1978.