D. D. Sheehan

Daniel Desmond Sheehan
Member of Parliament
for Mid Cork
In office
17 May 1901 – 14 December 1918
Preceded byCharles K. D. Tanner
Succeeded byTerence MacSwiney
Personal details
Born(1873-05-28)28 May 1873
Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland
Died28 November 1948(1948-11-28) (aged 75)
London, England
Political partyIrish Parliamentary Party,
All-for-Ireland League
SpouseMary Pauline O'Connor
OccupationBarrister, journalist, author
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Branch/serviceBritish Army
RankCaptain
UnitRoyal Munster Fusiliers
Battles/warsWorld War I

Daniel Desmond Sheehan, usually known as D. D. Sheehan (28 May 1873 – 28 November 1948) was an Irish nationalist, politician, labour leader, journalist, barrister and author. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland representing Mid-Cork from 1901 to 1918,[1] a constituency comprising the districts of Ahadallane, Ballincollig, Ballyvourney, Blarney, Coachford, Farran, Inchigeelagh, Macroom, Millstreet and Shandangan.[2] As co-founder and President of the Irish Land and Labour Association, he was credited with considerable success in land reform, labour reforms and in rural state housing. From 1909, he was General Secretary of the Central Executive of the All-for-Ireland League, favouring a policy of National reconciliation between all creeds and classes in Ireland. During World War I he served as Irish regiments officer with the 16th (Irish) Division in France, 1915–16.[3] He resigned his parliamentary seat in 1918 and lived in England for several years, returning to Dublin following the ending of the civil war, when he was appointed editor of the Dublin Chronicle.[4]

  1. ^ Walker, Brian M. (ed.): Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, Royal Irish Academy Press, Dublin (1978)
  2. ^ Guy's Cork City & County Almanac & Directory 1907, 1910, 1913, Parliamentary Electoral Division Mid-Cork: Cork City Council Library Archived 9 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Who's Who 1915 and 1918; Thom's Directory 1918
  4. ^ Cadogan, Tim & Falvey, Jeremiah: A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, Four Courts Press (2006), Cork City Council Library Archived 9 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine