James J. Quinn (Irish Army officer)

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James J. Quinn (1918–1982) was a

forces.

Biography

Born in Tipperary in 1918, he joined the Irish Army as an officer cadet in 1938, and was commissioned in 1939. He served in the infantry throughout The Emergency. In 1950 he attended the British Army's Staff College in Camberley.

He served subsequently as instructor in Irish Military College, being promoted colonel in 1959. In that year he was appointed CO of the Irish Army's Sixth Brigade. He served with the

) from 1961 to 1962. He saw further service with the United Nations in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in 1964.

Quinn was appointed GOC

. He retired from the Irish Army in 1982, and died later that year.

Sources

• An Cosantóir, the Irish Defence Journal
• A History of the Irish Army, John Duggan (1991)
• Irish Defence Forces Handbook (1988)