Jeremiah Hurley Explained

Jeremiah Hurley
Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:July 1937
Term End:2 February 1943
Constituency:Cork South-East
Party:Labour Party
Birth Date:1891
Birth Place:Macroom, County Cork, Ireland
Death Place:Cork, Ireland

Jeremiah Hurley (1891 – 2 February 1943)[1] was an Irish Labour Party politician, trade unionist and national schoolteacher.[2]

Hurley was a member of Cork Corporation from 1931 to 1938, having been nominated by Cork Workers' Council.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1932 and 1933 general elections.

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-East constituency at the 1937 general election.[3] He was re-elected at the 1938 general election.[4]

He was president of the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1938. He died in 1943 during the term of the 10th Dáil but no by-election was held.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dáil Éireann debate – Death of Two Deputies. 11 September 2022. Houses of the Oireachtas. 3 February 1943.
  2. Book: Kirwan, Eamonn. The Threshold of a Newer Movement: The Cork Labour Party 1914–1950. 2021. 978-1-9123289-2-5.
  3. Web site: Jeremiah Hurley. Oireachtas Members Database. 8 November 2008.
  4. Web site: Jeremiah Hurley. ElectionsIreland.org. 8 November 2008.