Eamonn Duggan

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Eamonn (Edmund) Duggan ( Irish : Éamon Ó Dúgáin ; * 1874 in Longwood , County Meath ; † June 9, 1936 in Dún Laoghaire , County Dublin ) was an Irish politician of the Sinn Féin and the Cumann na nGaedheal .

biography

After attending school he studied law and worked as a solicitor after completing his studies .

Duggan, who from 1918 to 1921 a member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom had been, in 1919 as a deputy ( Member of Dáil Éireann of the first house () Dáil Éireann selected) and represented there as a member of Sinn Fein to 1923 the interests of the constituency Meath South or Louth-Meath . Most recently he was one of the supporters of this treaty ( Pro-Treaty ) alongside Arthur Griffith within Sinn Féin, which was split due to the Anglo-Irish Treaty .

During this time he was first Justice Minister from January 10 to September 9, 1922 and then until December 6, 1922 Minister without Portfolio in the Provisional Government of Ireland , led by Michael Collins and William Thomas Cosgrave .

After leaving the Sinn Féin, he joined the Cumann na nGaedheal and represented it between 1923 and 1933 for the constituency of Meath in the Dáil.

Between April 1924 and May 1926 he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Chairman of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, one of the closest collaborators to William Thomas Cosgrave. He was then from May 1926 to May 1927 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance. Between June and October 1927 he was again Parliamentary Secretary to the Chairman of the Executive Council and to the Defense Minister. He then held these offices again from April 1930 to January 1932. Most recently, from February 19 to March 9, 1932 he was again Parliamentary Secretary of the Chairman of the Executive Council WT Cosgrave.

In 1933 he decided not to run again for the House of Commons, but was elected a member of the Senate ( Seanad Éireann ) in a by -election on April 19, 1933 for the Cumann na nGaedheal after Senator Joseph O'Doherty became a member of the House of Commons was elected. In 1934 he was elected Senator for a nine-year term, but only held this office until the Senate was dissolved on May 29, 1936 because of his conflicting stance on government reform projects.

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SURNAME Duggan, Eamonn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duggan, Edmund; Éamon Ó Dúgáin (Irish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish politician (Sinn Féin, Cumann na nGaedheal), member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Longwood , County Meath
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1936
Place of death Dún Laoghaire , County Dublin