Patrick McGilligan

Patrick McGilligan ( Irish Pádraig Mac Giollagáin , born April 12, 1889 in Coleraine , County Londonderry , † November 15, 1979 ) was an Irish politician and sat from 1923 to 1965 in the Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish Parliament .

biography

McGilligan was elected to the 4th Dáil Éireann in a by-election on November 2, 1923 . In April 1924 he became Minister for Industry and Commerce on the Executive Council led by William Thomas Cosgrave . He held this office until the end of Cosgrave's tenure and the takeover of government by Fianna Fáil under Éamon de Valera on March 9, 1932. He was also Foreign Minister between October 1927 and March 1932 .

In the following years, the Fianna Fail was the main political power and the Fine Gael , to which McGilligan belonged, no longer involved in government.

It was not until February 1948 that the Fine Gael under Taoiseach John A. Costello was able to set up a government again. He was a member of this government until June 1951 as Minister of Finance . When Costello was Prime Minister again between June 1954 and March 1957, McGilligan was a member of this cabinet as Attorney General .

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SURNAME	McGilligan, Patrick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mac Giollagáin, Pádraig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 12, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH	Coleraine , County Londonderry , Northern Ireland
DATE OF DEATH	November 15, 1979