Thomas O'Donoghue

Thomas Joseph O'Donoghue (7 October 1889 – 15 March 1958)[1][2][3] was an Irish Sinn Féin politician from Cahersiveen, County Kerry. He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the Second Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Kerry–Limerick West constituency.[4]

Thomas O'Donoghue
Teachta Dála
In office
August 1923 – June 1927
ConstituencyKerry
In office
May 1921 – August 1923
ConstituencyKerry–Limerick West
Personal details
Born7 October 1889
Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland
Died15 March 1958
Ballsbridge, Dublin
Political partySinn Féin
OccupationIrish language teacher, Civil servant

He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He was re-elected unopposed as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD to the Third Dáil at the 1922 general election though he did not take his seat. He was re-elected at the 1923 general election for the Kerry constituency and again did not take his seat. He did not stand at the June 1927 general election.[5]

References
  1. Owen O'Shea (9 June 2022). "Brother against brother: the Civil War in Kerry". Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  2. "Birth Registration correction, 1906" (PDF). Irish Genealogy.
  3. "Register of Deaths, Dublin South, 1st Quarter 1958, Vol.2 p.295" (PDF). Irish Genealogy.
  4. "Thomas O'Donoghue". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  5. "Thomas O'Donoghue". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  • British Army intelligence file for Thomas O'Donoghue
    British Army intelligence file for Thomas O'Donoghue


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