Gerrard McGowan | |
---|---|
Teachta Dála | |
In office July 1937 – June 1938 | |
Constituency | Dublin County |
Personal details | |
Born | Balbriggan, County Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 17 August 1971 Dublin, Ireland |
Political party | Labour Party |
Spouse | Kay McGowan |
Relatives | Jim Glennon (nephew) |
Gerrard L. McGowan (died 17 August 1971) was an Irish Labour Party politician.[1]
As a child, he had to flee his home with his family when the Black and Tans torched it in 1920.[1] A solicitor by profession, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin County constituency at the 1937 general election.[2] He did not contest the 1938 general election.[3] His nephew Jim Glennon was a Fianna Fáil TD.[4]