Martin O'Sullivan explained

Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:June 1943
Term End:February 1948
Constituency:Dublin North-Central
Term Start2:June 1943
Term End2:February 1948
Constituency2:Dublin North-West
Office3:Lord Mayor of Dublin
Term Start3:1943
Term End3:1945
Predecessor3:Peadar Doyle
Successor3:Peadar Doyle
Party:Labour Party
Birth Place:Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland
Death Place:Dublin, Ireland
Spouse:Mary O'Sullivan
Children:3

Martin O'Sullivan (1891 – 20 January 1956)[1] was an Irish Labour Party politician.

He was born in 1891 in Ennistymon, County Clare. He was educated locally, and joined the Midland Great Western Railway as a clerk and worked in Sligo and Cavan before his appointment as station master at Recess, County Galway.[2] After the amalgamation of the Midland Great Western and Great Southern railways, he was transferred to Dublin and later became chief paymaster at Inchicore railway works for Great Southern and Western Railway.[1]

He was prominent in the trade union movement, and was secretary and chairman of the Irish Council of Railway Clerks Association, chairman of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, and a member of the national executive of the Irish Trades Union Congress.[2]

In 1930, he was elected to Dublin Corporation, and served until 1950.[1] He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1943 general election.[3] He was re-elected at the 1944 general election, and at the 1948 general election he was elected for the new Dublin North-Central constituency. He lost his seat at the 1951 general election.[4] He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1943 to 1945,[5] the first member of the Labour Party to hold the position.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary. 19 February 2021. The Guardian. 21 January 1956. 2.
  2. Web site: O'Sullivan, Martin. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Coleman. Marie. 15 November 2022.
  3. Web site: Martin O'Sullivan. Oireachtas Members Database. 22 October 2008. 2 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191102183622/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Martin-O'Sullivan.D.1943-07-01/. live.
  4. Web site: Martin O'Sullivan. ElectionsIreland.org. 22 October 2008. 15 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070915235039/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=1762. live.
  5. Web site: Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020 . Dublin City Council. June 2020. 18 November 2023.