Donnchadh Ó Briain
1957–1961
February 1948 – June 1969
January 1933 – February 1948
Limerick, Ireland
Limerick, Ireland
Donnchadh Ó Briain (17 November 1897 – 22 September 1981) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and Conradh na Gaeilge activist.[1] He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1933 general election.[2]
He was born 17 November 1897 in Knockaderry, County Limerick, one of two sons and a daughter of David O'Brien, a creamery manager, and Kathleen O'Brien (née Casey). He was educated at Ahalin national school and then at the Redemptorist College at Mount St Alphonsus, Limerick city, but was prevented from going to university by bouts of ill health.[3]
On leaving school he worked in the creamery managed by his father for a number of years. By 1917 he had become involved in the independence movement as a member of Sinn Féin and later, of the West Limerick brigade of the Irish Republican Army. He was involved in the republican courts in Limerick and took the anti-treaty side in the Irish Civil War.
He was deeply involved in the Conradh na Gaeilge, which he also joined in 1917, having been influenced by Fr Tomás de Bhál. In 1920 Ó Briain was appointed Conradh na Gaeilge organiser for County Limerick, and from 1925 he served in that role for all of Munster province, founding numerous branches of the league. From 1928 to 1932 he served as general secretary of the Conradh na Gaeilge and also intermittently edited Fáinne an Lae.[3]
A founder member of Fianna Fáil in 1926, he stood unsuccessfully in Limerick at the 1932 general election. He served as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick and from 1948 for Limerick West constituencies until 1969 when he retired from politics. He served in the governments of Éamon de Valera and Seán Lemass as Government Chief Whip.[3]
References
- ^ "Donnchadh Ó Briain". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Donnchadh Ó Briain". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ a b c Rouse, Paul. "Ó Briain, Donnchadh". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
External links
- Donnchadh Ó Briain in 'Politicians' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland
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Preceded by | Government Chief Whip 1951–1954 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence 1951–1954 | |
Preceded by | Government Chief Whip 1957–1961 | Succeeded by Joseph Brennan |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence 1957–1961 |
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||||
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4th | 1923 | Richard Hayes (CnaG) | James Ledden (CnaG) | Seán Carroll (Rep) | James Colbert (Rep) | John Nolan (CnaG) | Patrick Clancy (Lab) | Patrick Hogan (FP) | |||||||
1924 by-election | Richard O'Connell (CnaG) | ||||||||||||||
5th | 1927 (Jun) | Gilbert Hewson (Ind) | Tadhg Crowley (FF) | James Colbert (FF) | George C. Bennett (CnaG) | Michael Keyes (Lab) | |||||||||
6th | 1927 (Sep) | Daniel Bourke (FF) | John Nolan (CnaG) | ||||||||||||
7th | 1932 | James Reidy (CnaG) | Robert Ryan (FF) | John O'Shaughnessy (FP) | |||||||||||
8th | 1933 | Donnchadh Ó Briain (FF) | Michael Keyes (Lab) | ||||||||||||
9th | 1937 | John O'Shaughnessy (FG) | Michael Colbert (FF) | George C. Bennett (FG) | |||||||||||
10th | 1938 | James Reidy (FG) | Tadhg Crowley (FF) | ||||||||||||
11th | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
12th | 1944 | Michael Colbert (FF) | |||||||||||||
13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished. See Limerick East and Limerick West |
Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
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31st | 2011 | Niall Collins (FF) | Dan Neville (FG) | Patrick O'Donovan (FG) | |||
32nd | 2016 | Constituency abolished. See Limerick County |