Peadar Doyle Explained

Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:February 1948
Term End:4 August 1956
Constituency:Dublin South-West
Term Start2:August 1923
Term End2:February 1948
Constituency2:Dublin South
Office3:Lord Mayor of Dublin
Term Start3:1945
Term End3:1946
Predecessor3:Martin O'Sullivan
Successor3:John McCann
Term Start4:1941
Term End4:1943
Predecessor4:Kathleen Clarke
Successor4:Martin O'Sullivan
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Date:4 August 1956

Peadar Seán Doyle (died 4 August 1956)[1] was an Irish politician. An engineer by profession, his son Seán was killed by British forces at Kilmashogue in the Dublin Mountains on Sunday, 19 September 1920.[2]

Doyle was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency at the 1923 general election.[3] He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until his death in 1956.[4]

From 1937 onwards, he was re-elected as a Fine Gael TD and from 1948 he was elected for the Dublin South-West constituency.[4] He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1941 to 1943 and from 1945 to 1946.[5] [1] He was the first Fine Gael Lord Mayor.

Notes and References

  1. News: Peadar Doyle . 19 February 2021 . The Boston Globe . 5 August 1956 . 50.
  2. Web site: Irish War of Independance [sic]. Gentleman's Military Interest Club. 9 September 2007 . 28 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Peadar Doyle. Oireachtas Members Database. 22 October 2008.
  4. Web site: Peadar Doyle. ElectionsIreland.org. 22 October 2008.
  5. Web site: Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020 . Dublin City Council. June 2020. 18 November 2023.