Peadar S. Doyle
Peadar Seán Doyle ( Irish : Peadar Seán Ua Dubhghaill ; † August 4, 1956 ) was an Irish politician and a long-time member of the Irish Parliament .
Doyle belonged to the Gaelic League , the Sinn Féin and finally the Irish Volunteers . During the Easter Rising of 1916 he fought under Éamonn Ceannt and was later sentenced to death like him . Unlike Ceannt, however, Doyle avoided execution. During the Irish War of Independence , one of his two sons, Seán Doyle, was shot dead by the Black and Tans in September 1920 .
Peadar Doyle was a member of the Dublin Corporation , Dublin City Council , from 1918 to 1955, when he finally resigned for health reasons . In the years from 1941 to 1943 and again from 1945 to 1946, he held the office of Lord Mayor of the city.
In 1923 Doyle was elected to the 4th Dáil Éireann for the Cumann na nGaedheal . He belonged to the Dáil Éireann until his death. From the 8th Dáil he represented the Fine Gael there , in which the Cumann na nGaedheal had merged in 1933.
Web links
- Peadar S. Doyle in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ PDF at jorgenpfhartogs.googlepages.com (967 kB)
- ↑ List of the Lord Mayors of Dublin (PDF; 42 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doyle, Peadar S. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ua Dubhghaill, Peadar Seán (Irish) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1956 |