Samuel O'Flaherty
Samuel O'Flaherty | |
|---|---|
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office May 1921 – August 1923 | |
| Constituency | Donegal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1895 Castlefin, County Donegal, Ireland |
| Died | 22 May 1930 (aged 34–35) Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Education | St Columb's College, Derry |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Samuel O'Flaherty (1895 – 22 May 1930) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician.
He first stood for election at the 1918 general election as an unofficial Sinn Féin candidate for the East Donegal constituency. An electoral pact was brokered by Cardinal Michael Logue under which eight seats in Ulster were allocated either to the Irish Parliamentary Party or to Sinn Féin and not to be contested by the other.[1] Edward Kelly of the Irish Parliamentary Party, the outgoing MP, was selected for East Donegal. Kelly obtained 7,596 votes to the Unionist's 4,797. O'Flaherty broke the pact and obtained a mere 46 votes.
He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Donegal constituency.[2] He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He was re-elected unopposed as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD at the 1922 general election but did not take his seat.[3] He lost his seat at the 1923 general election.[3]
O'Flaherty was the son of James O'Flaherty, a farmer and mill-owner of Castlefin. His brothers were similarly involved with the Sinn Féin: John who was interned at Curragh; James, a priest and professor at Dungannon College; and Manus, a civil servant; his three sisters all belonged to Cumann na mBan.
He died from Bright's disease in Stranorlar aged 35 on 22 May 1930.
References
[edit]- ^ Dublin Evening Telegraph, 4 December 1918.
- ^ "Samuel O'Flaherty". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ a b "Samuel O'Flaherty". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
External links
[edit]- . Donegal Democrat. No. 709. 24 May 1930. p. 1.
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British Army intelligence file for Samuel P O'Flaherty
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