James Crowley (politician)

James Crowley (16 October 1879 – 21 January 1946) was an Irish nationalist politician and veterinary surgeon. He was born at William Street in Listowel, County Kerry and was the son of butcher Michael Crowley and Jane O'Connor. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers. He was elected at the 1918 general election as a Sinn Féin MP for the Kerry North constituency.[1] 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. At the official roll call, Crowley was marked "fé ghlas ag Gallaibh" (imprisoned by the foreign enemy).[2]

James Crowley
Teachta Dála
In office
August 1923 – February 1932
ConstituencyKerry
In office
May 1921 – August 1923
ConstituencyKerry–Limerick West
In office
December 1918 – May 1921
ConstituencyKerry North
Personal details
Born(1879-10-16)16 October 1879
County Kerry, Ireland
Died21 January 1946(1946-01-21) (aged 66)
Political partyCumann na nGaedheal
Other political
affiliations
Sinn Féin (until 1923)
SpouseClementine Boursin
Children3
OccupationVeterinary Surgeon

During the War of Independence he was interned in the Curragh Camp. He was elected at the 1921 elections as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) for Kerry–Limerick West and was released after the truce. He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted in favour of it. He was re-elected at the 1922 general election as a Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD and subsequently as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD at the 1923 general election for the Kerry constituency.[3] He lost his seat at the 1932 general election and retired from politics.[3]

Crowley was married in Tralee in November 1909 to Clementine Boursin and raised a family. [4]

Sources

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  • Todd Andrews (1979), Dublin Made Me.

References

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  1. ^ "James Crowley". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Roll call of the first sitting of the First Dáil". Dáil Éireann Historical Debates (in Irish). 21 January 1919. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  3. ^ a b "James Crowley". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Remembering James Crowley, first among Kerry TDs". The Kerryman. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kerry North
19181922
Constituency abolished
Oireachtas
New constituency Teachta Dála for Kerry North
1918–1921
Constituency abolished