Fionán Lynch

Fionán Lynch in the election campaign

Fionán Lynch ( Irish : Fionán Ó Loingsigh ; born March 17, 1889 in Cahersiveen , County Kerry , † June 3, 1966 ) was an Irish judge and politician of the Sinn Féin , Cumann na nGaedheal and the Fine Gael .

biography

After attending school, Lynch studied law and after completing his studies initially worked as a barrister-at-law and as a teacher . As a member of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood , he took part in the 1916 Easter Rising and was sentenced to death after its failure , but later pardoned to ten years of forced labor . In 1917, however, he was released from prison as part of a general amnesty.

His political career began as a candidate of Sinn Fein in 1919 with the election of MPs ( Member of Dáil Éireann ) of the first house ( Dáil Éireann ), in which he initially until 1921, the interests of the constituency Kerry South then and until 1923 by Kerry-Limerick West took . 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 .

On January 16, 1922, he became a member of the Provisional Government , led by Michael Collins , as Minister of Education and held this office until August 30, 1922. In the subsequent Provisional Government, chaired by William Thomas Cosgrave , he was Minister without Portfolio until December 6 .

In 1923 he was re-elected as a member of the Cumann na nGaedheal member of the House of Commons and represented the constituency of Kerry until 1937 .

On October 15, 1923, he was appointed Minister of Fisheries by WT Cosgrave and held this office until April 3, 1930. However, he was only a member of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State since June 23, 1927. Most recently he was from April 3, 1930 to March 9, 1932 Minister for Lands and Fisheries in the Executive Council led by WT Cosgrave.

As a candidate for Fine Gael, he was re-elected as a member of the Dáil in 1937 and was a member of this until his resignation on October 3, 1944, during which time he represented the constituency of Kerry South . During his membership in parliament he was in 1938 Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons ( Leas-Ceann Comhairle ). However, he resigned from this on May 12, 1939 for health reasons.

After leaving the House of Commons, he became a district judge on October 3, 1944 ( An Chúirt Chuarda ).

In 1966, a few months before his death, he took part in the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising.

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