2nd Brigade (Ireland)

2nd Brigade
Irish: 2ú Briogáid

2nd Brigade shoulder flash
Country  Ireland
Branch Army
Part of Defence Forces
Garrison/HQ Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin
Commanders
Current
commander		 Brigadier General Michael Beary[1]
Insignia
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Cathal Brugha Barracks, home to the Irish Army's 2nd Brigade

The 2nd Brigade (known as 2nd (Eastern) Brigade until the 2012 reorganisation of the army) (Irish: 2ú Briogáid) is a brigade of the Irish Army. The brigade headquarters are in Cathal Brugha Barracks in Dublin.[2]

2nd Brigade provides security to various vital installations in its area of responsibility, including; Government Buildings, Áras an Uachtaráin (Residence of the President), foreign embassies, Dublin Airport, Dublin Docks (Dublin Port, Dún Laoghaire) and Knock Airport.[3]

Units

Barracks

Training Facilities

References

  1. ↑ "General Officer Commanding 2 Brigade". Irish Defence Forces. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.military.ie/army/organisation/2nd-brigade
  3. ↑ "2nd Brigade". Defence Forces Ireland. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.military.ie/en/info-centre/how-we-are-organised/


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