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1st Brigade
1st Brigade
Irish: 1ú Briogáid
	1st Brigade shoulder flash
Country	Ireland
Branch	Army
Part of	Defence Forces
Garrison/HQ	Collins Barracks, Cork
Website	www.military.ie/en/who-we-are/army/1-brigade/
Commanders
Current; commander	Brigadier General Brian Cleary
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The 1st Brigade (1 BDE) (Irish: 1ú Briogáid) is a brigade of the Irish Army. The brigade, which was known as 1st (Southern) Brigade until the 2012 reorganisation of the army, has its headquarters in Collins Barracks in Cork. The 1st Brigade is responsible for military operations in the south of Ireland. Its area of responsibility includes the counties of Galway, Offaly, Laois, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary.

It is also responsible for the security of a number of "vital installations" including civil transport infrastructure sites such as Cork Harbour, Cork Airport, Shannon Airport and Farranfore Airport.^[2]^[3]

Units edit

^ "General Officer Commanding 1 Brigade". Irish Defence Forces. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "Organisation - Army - 1st Brigade". military.ie. Defence Forces. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
^ "1st Brigade". Defence Forces Ireland. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ "Info Centre - How we are organised". military.ie. Defence Forces. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

1st Brigade
Irish: 1ú Briogáid
1st Brigade shoulder flash
Country	Ireland
Branch	Army
Part of	Defence Forces
Garrison/HQ	Collins Barracks, Cork
Website	www.military.ie/en/who-we-are/army/1-brigade/
Commanders
Current commander	Brigadier General Brian Cleary^[1]
Insignia
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