Irish Sinn Féin politician. Former T.D.
Elected to the first Dáil in 1918, the 2nd Dáil, 3rd Dáil and 4th Dáil (1923 - 1927)
Irish Volunteer. Member of Kerry No. 1 Brigade, Old IRA.
Editor of the Kerry Champion.
Winner of All-Ireland Football Final medal 1904.
He was a friend of Austin Stack.
Died at the Bon Secours Nursing Home, Tralee.
The Kerry Champion newspaper was a local newspaper established in 1928 by Mr Tommy Lynch and Mr. P.J. Cahill. Commonly known as the "Champion" newspaper it circulated in County Kerry, north Cork and west Limerick. The masthead carried the motto Kerry's most popular weekly paper.
OBITUARY
Educated at The Christian Brothers School, Tralee, and at Blackrock College, Dublin. He became active in the G.A.A. as a player and as an administrator.
He played with the Kerry team that defeated Dublin in the 1904 All Ireland Football final. He played with the Kerry team that lost to Kildare in the 1905 All Ireland Football final. He was secretary of the Tralee John Mitchels Football Club. Secretary of the Austin Stack Sportsfield Committee.
He joined the Volunteers at their inception, and he was associated with his close friend Austin Stack in organising the county.
As Adjutant of The Kerry Brigade after Easter 1916, he was arrested and interned in Richmond, Wakefield and Frongoch, until the general release in December 1916.
In 1917 when Kerry was divided in three Brigade areas, he was appointed to command the Kerry No. 1 Brigade.
He was arrested again in September 1917, this time for wearing an Irish Volunteers uniform. He was sentenced to two years in prison. He went on hunger strike in Cork Jail and was transferred to Dundalk Gaol, from whence he was released.
He was once more arrested in 1918, in Dublin and was imprisoned in Reading.
He was elected to the First Dáil in 1918.
During the Black-and-Tan War he was on active service with his Brigade Column, and planned and led in many notable engagements with the British Forces.
He was re-elected to Dáil Éireann in 1921 and voted against the Treaty.
He fought with the Republican Forces until captured and interned in Tintown, where he participated in a long hunger strike.
Between 1911 and 1917 he was secretary to John Donovan and Sons and later was lessee of the cinema in the County Hall which was destroyed by British Forces in November 1920.
He was a personal friend of Éamon de Valera.
WIKIPEDIA
Patrick J. Cahill (11 September 1884 – 12 November 1946) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician and newspaper editor.
He played with the Kerry team which defeated Dublin in the 1904 All-Ireland Final, and in the Kerry team which lost to Kildare in the 1905 Final.
He was leader of the Kerry 1st Brigade of the Irish Republican Army. His units operated in and around Tralee during the Irish War of Independence. Due mainly to his status in that organization, he was chosen to run unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Kerry–Limerick West constituency. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He was re-elected unopposed as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD to the 3rd Dáil at the 1922 general election though he did not take his seat. He was elected as a Sinn Féin TD at the 1923 general election for the Kerry constituency. He did not stand in the June 1927 general election.
Elected to the first Dáil in 1918, the 2nd Dáil, 3rd Dáil and 4th Dáil (1923 - 1927)
Irish Volunteer. Member of Kerry No. 1 Brigade, Old IRA.
Editor of the Kerry Champion.
Winner of All-Ireland Football Final medal 1904.
He was a friend of Austin Stack.
Died at the Bon Secours Nursing Home, Tralee.
The Kerry Champion newspaper was a local newspaper established in 1928 by Mr Tommy Lynch and Mr. P.J. Cahill. Commonly known as the "Champion" newspaper it circulated in County Kerry, north Cork and west Limerick. The masthead carried the motto Kerry's most popular weekly paper.
OBITUARY
Educated at The Christian Brothers School, Tralee, and at Blackrock College, Dublin. He became active in the G.A.A. as a player and as an administrator.
He played with the Kerry team that defeated Dublin in the 1904 All Ireland Football final. He played with the Kerry team that lost to Kildare in the 1905 All Ireland Football final. He was secretary of the Tralee John Mitchels Football Club. Secretary of the Austin Stack Sportsfield Committee.
He joined the Volunteers at their inception, and he was associated with his close friend Austin Stack in organising the county.
As Adjutant of The Kerry Brigade after Easter 1916, he was arrested and interned in Richmond, Wakefield and Frongoch, until the general release in December 1916.
In 1917 when Kerry was divided in three Brigade areas, he was appointed to command the Kerry No. 1 Brigade.
He was arrested again in September 1917, this time for wearing an Irish Volunteers uniform. He was sentenced to two years in prison. He went on hunger strike in Cork Jail and was transferred to Dundalk Gaol, from whence he was released.
He was once more arrested in 1918, in Dublin and was imprisoned in Reading.
He was elected to the First Dáil in 1918.
During the Black-and-Tan War he was on active service with his Brigade Column, and planned and led in many notable engagements with the British Forces.
He was re-elected to Dáil Éireann in 1921 and voted against the Treaty.
He fought with the Republican Forces until captured and interned in Tintown, where he participated in a long hunger strike.
Between 1911 and 1917 he was secretary to John Donovan and Sons and later was lessee of the cinema in the County Hall which was destroyed by British Forces in November 1920.
He was a personal friend of Éamon de Valera.
WIKIPEDIA
Patrick J. Cahill (11 September 1884 – 12 November 1946) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician and newspaper editor.
He played with the Kerry team which defeated Dublin in the 1904 All-Ireland Final, and in the Kerry team which lost to Kildare in the 1905 Final.
He was leader of the Kerry 1st Brigade of the Irish Republican Army. His units operated in and around Tralee during the Irish War of Independence. Due mainly to his status in that organization, he was chosen to run unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Kerry–Limerick West constituency. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He was re-elected unopposed as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD to the 3rd Dáil at the 1922 general election though he did not take his seat. He was elected as a Sinn Féin TD at the 1923 general election for the Kerry constituency. He did not stand in the June 1927 general election.
Irish Sinn Féin politician. Former T.D.
Elected to the first Dáil in 1918, the 2nd Dáil, 3rd Dáil and 4th Dáil (1923 - 1927)
Irish Volunteer. Member of Kerry No. 1 Brigade, Old IRA.
Editor of the Kerry Champion.
Winner of All-Ireland Football Final medal 1904.
He was a friend of Austin Stack.
Died at the Bon Secours Nursing Home, Tralee.
The Kerry Champion newspaper was a local newspaper established in 1928 by Mr Tommy Lynch and Mr. P.J. Cahill. Commonly known as the "Champion" newspaper it circulated in County Kerry, north Cork and west Limerick. The masthead carried the motto Kerry's most popular weekly paper.
OBITUARY
Educated at The Christian Brothers School, Tralee, and at Blackrock College, Dublin. He became active in the G.A.A. as a player and as an administrator.
He played with the Kerry team that defeated Dublin in the 1904 All Ireland Football final. He played with the Kerry team that lost to Kildare in the 1905 All Ireland Football final. He was secretary of the Tralee John Mitchels Football Club. Secretary of the Austin Stack Sportsfield Committee.
He joined the Volunteers at their inception, and he was associated with his close friend Austin Stack in organising the county.
As Adjutant of The Kerry Brigade after Easter 1916, he was arrested and interned in Richmond, Wakefield and Frongoch, until the general release in December 1916.
In 1917 when Kerry was divided in three Brigade areas, he was appointed to command the Kerry No. 1 Brigade.
He was arrested again in September 1917, this time for wearing an Irish Volunteers uniform. He was sentenced to two years in prison. He went on hunger strike in Cork Jail and was transferred to Dundalk Gaol, from whence he was released.
He was once more arrested in 1918, in Dublin and was imprisoned in Reading.
He was elected to the First Dáil in 1918.
During the Black-and-Tan War he was on active service with his Brigade Column, and planned and led in many notable engagements with the British Forces.
He was re-elected to Dáil Éireann in 1921 and voted against the Treaty.
He fought with the Republican Forces until captured and interned in Tintown, where he participated in a long hunger strike.
Between 1911 and 1917 he was secretary to John Donovan and Sons and later was lessee of the cinema in the County Hall which was destroyed by British Forces in November 1920.
He was a personal friend of Éamon de Valera.
WIKIPEDIA
Patrick J. Cahill (11 September 1884 – 12 November 1946) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician and newspaper editor.
He played with the Kerry team which defeated Dublin in the 1904 All-Ireland Final, and in the Kerry team which lost to Kildare in the 1905 Final.
He was leader of the Kerry 1st Brigade of the Irish Republican Army. His units operated in and around Tralee during the Irish War of Independence. Due mainly to his status in that organization, he was chosen to run unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Kerry–Limerick West constituency. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He was re-elected unopposed as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD to the 3rd Dáil at the 1922 general election though he did not take his seat. He was elected as a Sinn Féin TD at the 1923 general election for the Kerry constituency. He did not stand in the June 1927 general election.
Elected to the first Dáil in 1918, the 2nd Dáil, 3rd Dáil and 4th Dáil (1923 - 1927)
Irish Volunteer. Member of Kerry No. 1 Brigade, Old IRA.
Editor of the Kerry Champion.
Winner of All-Ireland Football Final medal 1904.
He was a friend of Austin Stack.
Died at the Bon Secours Nursing Home, Tralee.
The Kerry Champion newspaper was a local newspaper established in 1928 by Mr Tommy Lynch and Mr. P.J. Cahill. Commonly known as the "Champion" newspaper it circulated in County Kerry, north Cork and west Limerick. The masthead carried the motto Kerry's most popular weekly paper.
OBITUARY
Educated at The Christian Brothers School, Tralee, and at Blackrock College, Dublin. He became active in the G.A.A. as a player and as an administrator.
He played with the Kerry team that defeated Dublin in the 1904 All Ireland Football final. He played with the Kerry team that lost to Kildare in the 1905 All Ireland Football final. He was secretary of the Tralee John Mitchels Football Club. Secretary of the Austin Stack Sportsfield Committee.
He joined the Volunteers at their inception, and he was associated with his close friend Austin Stack in organising the county.
As Adjutant of The Kerry Brigade after Easter 1916, he was arrested and interned in Richmond, Wakefield and Frongoch, until the general release in December 1916.
In 1917 when Kerry was divided in three Brigade areas, he was appointed to command the Kerry No. 1 Brigade.
He was arrested again in September 1917, this time for wearing an Irish Volunteers uniform. He was sentenced to two years in prison. He went on hunger strike in Cork Jail and was transferred to Dundalk Gaol, from whence he was released.
He was once more arrested in 1918, in Dublin and was imprisoned in Reading.
He was elected to the First Dáil in 1918.
During the Black-and-Tan War he was on active service with his Brigade Column, and planned and led in many notable engagements with the British Forces.
He was re-elected to Dáil Éireann in 1921 and voted against the Treaty.
He fought with the Republican Forces until captured and interned in Tintown, where he participated in a long hunger strike.
Between 1911 and 1917 he was secretary to John Donovan and Sons and later was lessee of the cinema in the County Hall which was destroyed by British Forces in November 1920.
He was a personal friend of Éamon de Valera.
WIKIPEDIA
Patrick J. Cahill (11 September 1884 – 12 November 1946) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician and newspaper editor.
He played with the Kerry team which defeated Dublin in the 1904 All-Ireland Final, and in the Kerry team which lost to Kildare in the 1905 Final.
He was leader of the Kerry 1st Brigade of the Irish Republican Army. His units operated in and around Tralee during the Irish War of Independence. Due mainly to his status in that organization, he was chosen to run unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Kerry–Limerick West constituency. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He was re-elected unopposed as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD to the 3rd Dáil at the 1922 general election though he did not take his seat. He was elected as a Sinn Féin TD at the 1923 general election for the Kerry constituency. He did not stand in the June 1927 general election.
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