Patrick_Cummins_(politician)

Patrick Cummins (politician)

Patrick Cummins (politician)

Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1921–2009)

Patrick J. Cummins (10 June 1921 – 5 March 2009) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1]

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He was the son of Paddy Cummins who was a baker from Pearse Street, Dublin and a sergeant in the 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers during World War I.[2]

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency at the 1958 by-election caused by the resignation of the independent TD Jack Murphy.[3] He was re-elected at the 1961 general election but lost his seat at the 1965 general election, and was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1969 and 1973 general elections.[3]

He was a Dublin City Councillor and a governor of the Royal Irish Academy of Music. He was a member of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association, his father's regiment.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Patrick Cummins". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
  2. [2]
    "Address by Minister for Finance, Brian Cowen, TD, at the Byrne-Perry Summer School". Department of Finance. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Patrick Cummins". Elections Ireland. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
  4. [4]
    "In Brief: Former Fianna Fáil TD Cummins dies". Irish Independent. 8 March 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
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