James Crowley (politician)

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James Crowley
Teachta Dála
In office
1923–1932
ConstituencyKerry
In office
1921–1923
ConstituencyKerry–Limerick West
In office
1918–1921
ConstituencyNorth Kerry
Personal details
BornCounty Kerry
Political partyCumann na nGaedheal
Other political
affiliations		Sinn Féin (Until 1923)
OccupationVeterinary Surgeon

James Crowley (16 October 1879 – 21 January 1946) was an Irish nationalist politician and veterinary surgeon. He was born at William Street in Listowel, County Kerry and was the son of butcher Michael Crowley and the former Jane O'Connor. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers. He was elected at the 1918 general election as a Sinn Féin MP for the Kerry North constituency.[1] In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann. At the official roll call, Crowley was marked "fé ghlas ag Gallaibh" (imprisoned by the foreign enemy).[2]

During the War of Independence he was interned in the Curragh Camp. He was elected at the 1921 elections as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) for Kerry–Limerick West and was released after the truce. He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted in favour of it. He was re-elected at the 1922 general election as a Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD and subsequently as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD at the 1923 general election for the Kerry constituency.[3] He lost his seat at the 1932 general election and retired from politics.[citation needed]

Crowley was married in Tralee in November 1909 to Clementine Boursin and raised a family.[citation needed]

Sources[]

  • Todd Andrews (1979), Dublin Made Me.

References[]

  1. ^ "James Crowley". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Roll call of the first sitting of the First Dáil". Dáil Éireann Historical Debates (in Irish). 21 January 1919. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  3. ^ "James Crowley". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 April 2009.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Michael Joseph Flavin 		Member of Parliament for North Kerry
1918–1922 		Constituency abolished


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