Denis Ireland

Denis L. Ireland (29 July 1894 – 23 September 1974) was an Irish politician, author and journalist. He was a Clann na Poblachta member of Seanad Éireann from 1948 to 1951.^[1] He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 6th Seanad in 1948, and was the first resident of Northern Ireland to be appointed as a member of the Oireachtas.^[1]

He was an unsuccessful Ulster Liberal Party candidate at the 1929 Westminster election for the Belfast East constituency.^[2]

References

1 2 "Mr. Denis Ireland". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
↑ "Denis Ireland". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

External links

Dictionary of Ulster Biography, Denis Ireland (1894 - 1974): Writer and broadcaster

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Cultural and Educational Panel	Michael Hayes (FG) Cecil Lavery (FG) Frank Loughman (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Joseph Brennan (??) Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) James Crosbie (FG) Henry Morgan Dockrell (FG) Luke Duffy (Lab) T. V. Honan (FF) Peter Lynch (??) Frederick Summerfield (Ind)

Labour Panel	Richard Anthony (Ind) John Butler (Lab) Seán Campbell (Lab) Michael Colgan (Ind) Andrew Fogarty (FF) Frederick Hawkins (??) Seán Hayes (FF) John Meighan (CnaT) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Seán Ruane (??) Michael Smyth (??)

National University of Ireland	Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) George O'Brien (Ind)

University of Dublin	Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind) William Fearon (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	George C. Bennett (FG) Eleanor Butler (Lab) James G. Douglas (Ind) Denis Ireland (CnaP) Patrick McCartan (CnaP) James J. McCrea (Lab) Edward McGuire (Ind) Séamus O'Farrell (Ind) Edward Richards-Orpen (Ind) Edmund Sweetman (FG) Patrick Woulfe (Ind)

Elected or nominated later	1950 Mary Davidson (Lab)

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