Jerry Cronin
Minister for Defence
In office
9 May 1970 – 14 March 1973
TaoiseachJack Lynch
Preceded byJim Gibbons
Succeeded byPaddy Donegan
Parliamentary Secretary
1969–1970Agriculture and Fisheries
Teachta Dála
In office
April 1965 – June 1981
ConstituencyCork North-East
Member of the European Parliament
In office
7 June 1979 – 24 June 1984
ConstituencyLeinster
Personal details
Born(1925-09-14)14 September 1925
Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland
Died19 October 1990(1990-10-19) (aged 65)
County Cork, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouse
Shelia Sheehan
​
(m. 1952)​
Children6

Jeremiah Cronin (14 September 1925 – 19 October 1990) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1] He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1965 general election as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-East constituency.[2] He was appointed to the Irish Government on one occasion, serving as Minister for Defence from 1970 to 1973 under Taoiseach Jack Lynch. Cronin retired from domestic politics at the 1981 general election, having been elected to the European Parliament for a five-year term in 1979.

He was born in Currabeha, Fermoy, County Cork, the son of Alice Mulcahy and Sean Cronin.[3] His uncle, Arthur Mulcahy, was a member of the Irish Republican Army, and was shot by British forces during the Irish War of Independence on 22 March 1921.[4] Jerry Cronin died on 19 October 1990, having suffered with Parkinson's disease. He was married to Shelia Sheehan; they lived in Mallow, County Cork, and had six children.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeremiah Cronin". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Jerry Cronin". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  3. 1 2 Cronin, Maurice. "Cronin, Jeremiah". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "War by the Irish", p.183, a collection by John McCann.
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