Seán Broderick
Seán Broderick | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
| In office July 1937 – June 1943 | |
| Constituency | Galway East |
| In office August 1923 – July 1937 | |
| Constituency | Galway |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1889 Prospect Hill, Galway, Ireland |
| Died | (aged 63) Athenry, County Galway, Ireland |
| Resting place | Athenry Graveyard[1] |
| Political party | Fine Gael (from 1937) |
| Other political affiliations | Cumann na nGaedheal (1923–1937) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
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| Unit | 4th Battalion, Galway Brigade |
| Battles/wars | Irish War of Independence |
Seán Broderick (1889[2] – 20 August 1953) was an Irish politician. He was Officer Commanding of the 4th Battalion, Galway Brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence.[3]
Broderick came from Prospect Hill, Galway. In 1919, while an officer of the IRA in Galway, he was arrested by the Black and Tans after one of their number had been shot dead during an altercation at a railway station. He was summarily put against a wall, shot, and left for dead; however, he had only been lightly wounded and managed to escape and go on the run. He survived the war to lead the IRA into Renmore Barracks on the day the British left.[3] He was arrested in November 1920, and interned until October 1921.[4] Following the war of Independence, Broderick joined the National Army and retired in October 1923 to take his seat as a Teachta Dála (TD).[2][4]
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD for the Galway constituency at the 1923 general election.[5] He was re-elected at each subsequent election until lost his seat at the 1943 general election.[6] From the 1937 general election onwards, he was elected as a Fine Gael TD for the Galway East constituency.[6]
Broderick died on 20 August 1953, aged 63, in Athenry, County Galway.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athenry Graveyard, Plot No. 380 Section B". irishgravyards.ie. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Seán Broderick" (PDF). Irish Military Archives. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Seán Broderick and the Black and Tans". Galway Advertiser. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ a b Mannion, Marie, ed. (2016). Centenary Reflections on the 1916 Rising: Galway County Perspectives (PDF). Galway County Council. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-9567825-8-8.
He was arrested in November 1920 and interned until October 1921. He joined the National Army in June and stood in the General Election to Dáil Éireann of August 1923.
- ^ "Seán Broderick". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ a b "Seán Broderick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ "Deaths registered in the District of Athenry in the Superintendent Registrar's District of Loughrea in the County of Galway" (PDF). General Register Office. 2 October 1953. Retrieved 16 January 2025 – via Irish Genealogy.