Tomás Mac Giolla
Tomás Mac Giolla (born January 25, 1924 in Nenagh , County Tipperary , † February 4, 2010 in Dublin ) was an Irish politician and was a member of the Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish Parliament , from November 1982 to 1992 . Most recently, he was a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers' Party of Ireland .
Life
Tomás Mac Giolla was born in 1924 as Thomas Gill to Robert and Mary Gill. His uncle TP Gill was a member of Charles Stewart Parnell's Irish Parliamentary Party . Mac Giolla's father ran unsuccessfully in parliamentary elections several times.
Mac Giolla attended the local school in Nenagh and then St. Flannan's College in Ennis , County Clare . During his time at St. Flannan's , he changed his name from Thomas Gill to the Irish version of Tomás Mac Giolla. After graduating from high school, he studied at University College Dublin , where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and later also a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.).
Mac Giolla was an active Republican at a young age. So he joined the Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) around 1950 . In 1961 he ran unsuccessfully for the Sinn Féin for a seat in the 17th Dáil Éireann. A year later he was elected chairman of the Sinn Féin. Under his leadership, the party temporarily pursued a Marxist course in the 1960s.
In 1970, the Sinn Féin split into two parties, both of which viewed each other as the only legitimate Sinn Féin. Mac Giolla remained chairman of the Official Sinn Féin. In 1977 the Official Sinn Féin was renamed Sinn Féin, the Workers Party. In 1982 the name was changed again, this time to Workers' Party. In the November 1982 election, Mac Giolla was elected for the Workers' Party in the Dáil Éireann. In 1988 he resigned from the position of party chairman and was replaced by Proinsias De Rossa . In 1989 the party reached the height of its political influence when it managed to win seven seats in the Dáil Éireann. However, after the split in 1992 and the six other MPs switched to the Democratic Left , Mac Giolla remained as the only member of the Workers' Party in the Dáil. In the elections for Dáil Éireann later that year, he was unable to defend his mandate.
In addition to his parliamentary activities , he was also active in the City Council of Dublin ( Dublin Corporation , now Dublin City Council ). Elected for the first time in 1979, he was re-elected in 1985 and 1991. Mac Giolla was part of the Dublin Corporation until 1998. From July 1993 to July 1994 he held the office of Lord Mayor of Dublin there .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of the Lord Mayors of Dublin (PDF; 42 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mac Giolla, Tomás |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gill, Thomas (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nenagh , County Tipperary |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 2010 |
| Place of death | Dublin |