Frank Fahy

Francis Patrick "Frank" Fahy ( Irish Próinsias Pádraig Ó Fáthaigh , born January 12, 1880 Kilchreest , Loughrea , County Galway ; † July 14, 1953 in Dublin ) was an Irish politician of the Fianna Fáil and long-time chairman ( Ceann Comhairle ) of the House of Commons ( Dáil Éireann ).

Life

Fahy initially graduated in law and was then not only as plädierender lawyer ( Barrister-at-Law ), but also as a teacher worked.

His political career began when he was elected member of the First House of Commons ( First Dáil ) as a candidate for Sinn Féin in 1919 . There he represented the interests of constituencies in County Galway for 34 years until his death. In 1927 he joined the Fianna Fáil .

In August 1920 he was briefly Deputy Minister for the Irish Language and soon afterwards Deputy Minister of Education, the appointment not being ratified by the Dáil Éireann . As a supporter of a republican solution, he spoke out against the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 . This led to the fact that, despite his election, he did not accept the mandate between 1923 and 1927.

After the Fianna Fáil electoral victory, he was elected Chairman ( Ceann Comhairle ) of the House of Commons (Dáil Éireann) on March 9, 1932 , and held this office until June 13, 1951. With over 19 years of chairmanship, Fahy is still the President of Parliament with the longest term in Ireland. In this capacity, he was next to the judge at the High Court , Conor Maguire , and the President of the Supreme Court ( Supreme Court ), Timothy Sullivan , during his tenure of 29 December 1937 to 25 June 1938 (inauguration of Douglas Hyde ) member of the so-called Presidential Commission ( Coimisiún na hUachtaránachta ), which in the event of the premature resignation of a president leads the office of the head of state until a new president takes office.

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