Cathal Brugha

Cathal Brugha
Minister for Defence
In office
1 April 1919 – 9 January 1922
PresidentÉamon de Valera
Preceded byRichard Mulcahy
Succeeded byRichard Mulcahy
Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
In office
21 January 1919 – 22 January 1919
DeputyJohn J. O'Kelly
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byCount Plunkett
President of Dáil Éireann
In office
21 January 1919 – 1 April 1919
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byÉamon de Valera (as President of the Irish Republic)
Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army
In office
27 October 1917 – 23 March 1918
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byRichard Mulcahy
Teachta Dála
In office
May 1921 – 7 July 1922
ConstituencyWaterford–Tipperary East
In office
December 1918 – May 1921
ConstituencyWaterford County
Personal details
Born
Charles William St John Burgess

(1874-07-18)18 July 1874
Dublin, Ireland
Died7 July 1922(1922-07-07) (aged 47)
Dublin, Ireland
Resting placeGlasnevin Cemetery, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland
Spouse
(m. 1912)
Children6, including Ruairí
EducationBelvedere College
Military service
Allegiance
Years of service1913–1922
RankChief of Staff
Battles/wars

Cathal Brugha (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkahəlˠ ˈbˠɾˠuː]; born Charles William St John Burgess; 18 July 1874 – 7 July 1922) was an Irish republican politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1919 to 1922, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann in January 1919, the first president of Dáil Éireann from January 1919 to April 1919 and Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army from 1917 to 1918. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1922.[1]

He was active in the Easter Rising, the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War, and was the first Ceann Comhairle (chairperson) of Dáil Éireann as well as the president of Dáil Éireann, the then title of the head of government.

  1. ^ Quinn, James. "Brugha, Cathal". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 22 December 2021.