31st Reserve Engineer Company (Ireland)

31st Reserve Engineering Company

Unit Flash of the 31st Res COE
Active 1959 - Present
Country Ireland
Branch Army
Type Irish Army Engineer Corps
Role Combat Engineering and General Engineering
Size Company
Part of Southern Brigade
Garrison/HQ Sarsfield and Collins Barracks
Commanders
Current
commander
Cmdt. Beatty

The 31 Company of Engineers (previously 3rd Company of Engineers) is an Irish Defence Forces Engineering Support Company under the command of the Southern Reserve Brigade.

The unit is based in both Sarsfield Barracks Limerick (2 Platoons), and Collins Barracks (Cork) (1 Platoon).

History

From 1959 to 2005, the company was part of the Forsa Cosanta Aituil and known as the 3rd COE.

It was decommissioned and replaced on 1 October 2005 with the integration of the Irish Defence Forces and the restructure of the Irish Army Reserve under the RDF.

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