Patrick Hogan (Ceann Comhairle)

Patrick Hogan (10 October 1885 – 24 January 1969) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1951 to 1967 and Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1927 to 1928. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency from 1923 to 1938 and 1943 to 1969. He was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1938 to 1943.[1]

Patrick Hogan
Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
In office 13 June 1951 – 14 November 1967
Deputy	Cormac Breslin
Preceded by	Frank Fahy
Succeeded by	Cormac Breslin
Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
In office 27 October 1927 – 8 March 1928
Ceann Comhairle	Michael Hayes
Preceded by	James Dolan
Succeeded by	Daniel Morrissey
Teachta Dála
In office June 1943 – 24 January 1969
In office August 1923 – June 1938
Constituency	Clare
Senator
In office 1 May 1938 – 26 January 1943
Constituency	Labour Panel
Personal details
Born	Patrick Damien Hogan 10 October 1885 Kilmaley, County Clare, Ireland
Died	24 January 1969 (aged 83) Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse(s)	Anne Mackey (m. 1923; d. 1940)
Children	4
Alma mater	University College Cork King's Inns

Early life

Hogan was born on 10 October 1885,[2] the only son of Patrick Hogan, a labourer, and Bridget O'Connor of Culleen townland, Kilmaley, County Clare.[3] In the 1901 Census, his occupation is given as house-to-house postman.[4]

When he entered the King's Inns in 1932, he gave his birth date as 8 October 1891.[3]

Political career

As a young man he joined the Gaelic League and the Irish Volunteers; however, he was deported to England for his activities. During the Irish War of Independence he fought against the Black and Tans in County Clare. After the Anglo-Irish Treaty he became an official with the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU). He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency in 1923.[5] He lost his seat at the 1938 general election, and was subsequently elected to Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel. While sitting in the Dáil, he qualified as a barrister-at-law and was called to the bar in 1936.[3] He remained in the Seanad until 1943 when he returned to the Dáil at the 1943 general election. In 1951 he became Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, a position he held until 1967. He welcomed United States President John F. Kennedy to the house on 28 June 1963 during his visit to Ireland.

References

1. "Patrick Hogan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
2. "General Registrar's Office". IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
3. Ferguson, King's Inns Barristers 1868–2004, p. 208.
4. "Residents of a house 4 in Culleen (Killaniv, Clare)". National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
5. "Patrick Hogan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 3 May 2012.