Thomas Kelly | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
| In office January 1933 – 20 April 1942 | |
| In office May 1921 – August 1923 | |
| Constituency | Dublin South |
| In office December 1918 – May 1921 | |
| Constituency | Dublin St Stephen's Green |
| Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
| In office 1920–1921 | |
| Preceded by | Laurence O'Neill |
| Succeeded by | Laurence O'Neill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1868 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 20 April 1942 (aged 73) Dublin, Ireland |
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| Spouse |
Annie Glynn (m. 1894) |
| Children | 6 |
Thomas Kelly (13 September 1868 – 20 April 1942) was an Irish Sinn Féin and later Fianna Fáil politician. He was a book and picture dealer before entering politics. He was a founder member of Sinn Féin and was elected to Dublin City Council in 1899.[1] Kelly was arrested after the 1916 Easter Rising and sent to prison in England, and after becoming seriously ill, he was released back to Dublin.
He was elected as a Sinn Féin MP for the Dublin St Stephens's Green constituency at the 1918 general election.[2] In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann.[3]
Kelly was unanimously elected as Lord Mayor of Dublin while being held in Wormwood Scrubs prison in England. Due to his imprisonment, he was unable to formally take up the position.[4]
He was re-elected unopposed at the 1921 elections for the Dublin South constituency. He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty but was too ill to attend the Dáil vote. He served as substitute Minister for Labour from 19 March 1919 to end of October 1919. He was again re-elected at the 1922 general election as a member of Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin but did not take his seat in the Dáil.
He did not join Cumann na nGaedheal along with other pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TDs in 1923, nor did he contest the 1923 general election. In 1930 he joined Fianna Fáil and was elected as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) at the 1933 general election for Dublin South.[5] He remained a TD and councillor until his death in 1942. No by-election was held to fill his seat.
References
- ↑ Coleman, Marie. "Kelly, Thomas". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ↑ "Thomas Kelly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ↑ "An Rolla – Roll call of the first sitting of the First Dáil". Dáil Éireann Historical Debates (in Irish). 21 January 1919. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ↑ "Alderman Tom Kelly released from prison in England | Century Ireland". RTÉ.ie.
- ↑ "Thomas Kelly". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
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British Army military intelligence file for Thomas Kelly