Patrick Hogan (Labour Party politician) explained

Office:Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
Deputy:Cormac Breslin
Term Start:13 June 1951
Term End:7 November 1967
Predecessor:Frank Fahy
Successor:Cormac Breslin
Office1:Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
1Blankname1:Ceann Comhairle
1Namedata1:Frank Fahy
Term Start1:25 February 1948
Term End1:7 May 1951
Predecessor1:Daniel McMenamin
Successor1:Cormac Breslin
1Blankname2:Ceann Comhairle
1Namedata2:Frank Fahy
Term Start2:15 March 1932
Term End2:27 May 1938
Predecessor2:Daniel Morrissey
Successor2:Fionán Lynch
1Blankname3:Ceann Comhairle
1Namedata3:Michael Hayes
Term Start3:27 October 1927
Term End3:8 March 1928
Predecessor3:James Dolan
Successor3:Daniel Morrissey
Office4:Teachta Dála
Term Start4:February 1948
Term End4:24 January 1969
Term Start5:June 1943
Term End5:May 1944
Term Start6:August 1923
Term End6:June 1938
Constituency6:Clare
Office7:Senator
Term Start7:7 September 1938
Term End7:23 June 1943
Constituency7:Labour Panel
Birth Date:10 October 1885
Birth Place:Kilmaley, County Clare, Ireland
Death Place:Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Party:Labour Party
Children:4
Alma Mater:King's Inns

Patrick Hogan (10 October 1885 – 24 January 1969) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1951 to 1967 and Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1927 to 1928, 1932 to 1938 and 1948 to 1951. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency from 1923 to 1938 and 1943 to 1969. He was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1938 to 1943.[1]

Early life

Hogan was born on 10 October 1885,[2] the only son of Patrick Hogan, a labourer, and Bridget O'Connor of Culleen, Kilmaley, County Clare. In the 1901 Census, his occupation is given as house-to-house postman.[3]

When he entered the King's Inns in 1932, he gave his birth date as 8 October 1891.[4]

Political career

As a young man he joined Conradh na Gaeilge and the Irish Volunteers; however, he was deported to England for his activities.[5] During the Irish War of Independence he fought against the Black and Tans in County Clare.[5] After the Anglo-Irish Treaty he became an official with the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU). He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency in 1923.[6] He lost his seat at the 1938 general election, and was subsequently elected to Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel.

While sitting in the Dáil, he qualified as a barrister-at-law and was called to the bar in 1936.[4] He remained in the Seanad until 1943 when he returned to the Dáil at the 1943 general election. He lost his Dáil seat again at the 1944 general election, but regained it at the 1948 general election. In 1951 he became Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, a position he held until his retirement in 1967.[7] He welcomed United States President John F. Kennedy to the house on 28 June 1963 during his visit to Ireland.[8]

He died in office on 24 January 1969.[5] No by-election was held for his seat.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patrick Hogan. Oireachtas Members Database. 5 May 2012. 18 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180518130238/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Patrick-Hogan.D.1923-09-19/. live.
  2. Web site: General Registrar's Office. IrishGenealogy.ie. 23 January 2017. 23 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210923103357/https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/captcha.jsp. live.
  3. Web site: Residents of a house 4 in Culleen (Killaniv, Clare). National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901. 5 May 2012. 7 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101007211013/http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Clare/Killaniv/Culleen/1071084. live.
  4. Ferguson, King's Inns Barristers 1868–2004, p. 208.
  5. Web site: Hogan, Patrick. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Ferriter. Diarmaid. 19 February 2022. 25 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220825182507/https://www.dib.ie/biography/hogan-patrick-a4056. live.
  6. Web site: Patrick Hogan. ElectionsIreland.org. 3 May 2012. 14 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120414154906/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1162. live.
  7. Web site: Retirement of Ceann Comhairle: Report of Clerk of Dáil – Dáil Éireann (18th Dáil) – Vol. 230 No. 2 . Houses of the Oireachtas . 25 August 2022 . 7 November 1965 . 8 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220708040117/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1967-11-07/2/ . live .
  8. Web site: Address by the President of the United States of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.. Houses of the Oireachtas. 28 June 1963. 19 February 2022. 19 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220219162441/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1963-06-28/2/. live.