James J. Walsh (politician, 1880)

James Joseph "JJ" Walsh (born February 20, 1880 in Bandon , County Cork , † November 30, 1948 ) was an Irish politician of the Sinn Féin and the Cumann na nGaedheal .

Life

After attending school, he worked as a postal worker in the public service and took part in the 1916 Easter Rising . His actual political career began as a candidate for Sinn Féin in 1919 when he was elected MP ( Teachta Dála ) of the First House of Commons ( Dáil Éireann ), in which he first represented the interests of the constituency of Cork City and then of Cork Borough . 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 .

Between September 9 and December 6, 1922, he was a member of the Provisional Government of Ireland as Minister of Post .

In 1923 he was re-elected member of the Dáil in the constituency of Cork Borough and this time represented the Cumann na nGaedheal until 1927.

During this time he was postmaster general from October 15, 1923 to June 23, 1927, but as such was not a member of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State . Only then was he between June 23 and October 12, 1927, as Minister for Post and Telegraphy, a member of the Executive Council and thus the cabinet headed by William Thomas Cosgrave .

In the elections in September 1927, he renounced another candidacy, resigned from the House of Commons and then worked as an entrepreneur .

Because of his connections to fascism and especially to the radical nationalist and fascist Ailtirí na hAiséirghe ( Architects of the Resurrection ) as well as his anti-Semitic attitude, he came under surveillance by the G2, the secret service unit of the Irish armed forces . However, Justice Minister Gerald Boland forbade tapping his phone . The UK considered him one of Ireland's four potential quislings .

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Individual evidence

↑ Eunan O'Halpin: Defending Ireland: the Irish state and its enemies since 1922 , pp. 146, 222 f., Oxford University Press 2000

personal data
SURNAME	Walsh, James J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Walsh, James Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish politicians (Sinn Féin and Cumann na nGaedheal)
DATE OF BIRTH	February 20, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bandon , County Cork
DATE OF DEATH	November 30, 1948

[1] Eunan O'Halpin: Defending Ireland: the Irish state and its enemies since 1922 , pp. 146, 222 f., Oxford University Press 2000