Gearóid O'Sullivan
Gearóid O'Sullivan ( Irish Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin ), (born January 28, 1891 in Skibbereen , County Cork , † March 25, 1948 (according to other sources on August 5, 1944 )) was an Irish politician of Cumann na nGaedheal , the sense Féin and the Fine Gael .
Life
O'Sullivan, a cousin of Michael Collins , was first after the completion of studies at St Patrick's College of Education , Drumcondra and the Royal University of Ireland in 1911 as a teacher employed. During the Easter Rising of 1916, he served as an officer in the Irish Republican Army as aide-de-camp of Seán Mac Diarmada and was the one who instructed by Patrick Pearse , the flag of Ireland on the General Post Office in Dublin hoisted.
After the Irish War of Independence from January 1919 to July 1921, he briefly completed a law degree and was also licensed as a Barrister-at-Law .
His political career began in 1921 when he was elected member of the House of Commons ( Dáil Éireann ) as a candidate for Sinn Féin ( Teachta Dála ) and represented the constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny until 1923 . During this time he was one of the proponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty , which sealed the creation of the Irish Free State .
In the Irish Civil War from June 1922 to April 1923 between opponents and supporters of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, he was adjutant general of the Irish Republican Army.
In 1923 he decided not to run for the House of Commons, but instead became a member of the Senate ( Seanad Éireann ) as a representative of the Sinn Féin .
On August 24, 1927 he was a candidate of the Cumann na nGaedheal at a by-election ( by-election selected) back to the member of the House and made on 25 August 1927, the oath of allegiance to the Free State and diligence in relation to the British royal pursuant to Art. 17 of the Constitution of the Irish Free State . In Dáil Éireann, he now represented the constituency of Dublin County until his election defeat in 1937.
In 1938 he was finally again a member of the Seanad Éireann for a short time and belonged to this as a member of the Fine Gael of the interest group education, art, Irish language, culture and literature, the so-called Cultural and Educational Panel .
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| SURNAME | O'Sullivan, Gearóid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish politician (Cumann na nGaedheal and Sinn Féin) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skibbereen , County Cork |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1948 |