Nicholas Phelan
Phelan in August 1918
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1922  August 1923
ConstituencyWaterford–Tipperary East
Personal details
Born(1893-09-19)19 September 1893
Died14 December 1942(1942-12-14) (aged 49)
NationalityIrish
Political partyLabour Party

Nicholas Francis Phelan (19 September 1893 – 14 December 1942) was an Irish Labour Party politician. In 1918 Phelan was a organizer for the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU).[1] The union successfully campaigned for wage increases and against the use of non union labour.

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Waterford–Tipperary East constituency at the 1922 general election.[2] He did not contest the 1923 general election.[3]

References

  1. The Irish Revolution, 1912–1923, p.58, Pat McCarthy, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2015, ISBN 978-1-84682-410-4
  2. "Nicholas Phelan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  3. "Nicholas Phelan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
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