Patrick Brennan (police officer)
Patrick Brennan | |
|---|---|
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office May 1921 – 13 December 1922 | |
| Constituency | Clare |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Meelick, County Clare, Ireland |
| Died | County Clare, Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
Patrick Brennan was an Irish Republican Army leader and Sinn Féin politician from Meelick, County Clare. He was interned after the Easter Rising in 1916. He was elected unopposed as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Clare constituency at the 1921 general election, and re-elected unopposed at the 1922 general election.[1] Brennan supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty.[2] He resigned from the Dáil on 13 December 1922.[1]
In May 1922, he was elected Garda Commissioner by the mutineers involved in the Civic Guard Mutiny, and later officially appointed Assistant Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Patrick Brennan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Patrick Brennan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
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