Thomas Joseph O'Donoghue (7 October 1889 – 15 March 1958)[1][2][3] was an Irish Sinn Féin politician from Cahersiveen, County Kerry. He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the Second Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Kerry–Limerick West constituency.[4]

Thomas O'Donoghue
Teachta Dála
In office
August 1923 – June 1927
ConstituencyKerry
In office
May 1921 – August 1923
ConstituencyKerry–Limerick West
Personal details
Born7 October 1889
Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland
Died15 March 1958
Ballsbridge, Dublin
Political partySinn Féin
OccupationIrish language teacher, Civil servant

He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He was re-elected unopposed as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD to the Third Dáil at the 1922 general election though he did not take his seat. He was re-elected at the 1923 general election for the Kerry constituency and again did not take his seat. He did not stand at the June 1927 general election.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Owen O'Shea (9 June 2022). "Brother against brother: the Civil War in Kerry". Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Birth Registration correction, 1906" (PDF). Irish Genealogy.
  3. ^ "Register of Deaths, Dublin South, 1st Quarter 1958, Vol.2 p.295" (PDF). Irish Genealogy.
  4. ^ "Thomas O'Donoghue". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Thomas O'Donoghue". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 April 2009.