Patrick Cummins (politician) explained

Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:June 1958
Term End:April 1965
Constituency:Dublin South-Central
Birth Date:10 June 1921
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Dublin, Ireland
Party:Fianna Fáil

Patrick J. Cummins (10 June 1921 – 5 March 2009) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1]

He was the son of Paddy Cummins who was a baker from Pearse Street, Dublin and a sergeant in the 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers during World War I.[2]

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency at the 1958 by-election caused by the resignation of the independent TD Jack Murphy. He was re-elected at the 1961 general election but lost his seat at the 1965 general election, and was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1969 and 1973 general elections.[3]

He was a Dublin City Councillor and a governor of the Royal Irish Academy of Music. He was a member of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association, his father's regiment.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patrick Cummins. Oireachtas Members Database. 25 November 2008.
  2. Web site: Address by Minister for Finance, Brian Cowen, TD, at the Byrne-Perry Summer School. Department of Finance. 3 February 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719084042/http://www.finance.gov.ie/Viewtxt.asp?DocID=3974&CatID=54&m=&UserLang=GA&StartDate=01+January+2006. 19 July 2011.
  3. Web site: Patrick Cummins. Elections Ireland. 25 November 2008.
  4. News: In Brief: Former Fianna Fáil TD Cummins dies. Irish Independent. 8 March 2009. 10 July 2010.