Thomas Kelly (Sinn Féin politician)

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Thomas Kelly
Alderman Kelly.jpg
Teachta Dála
In office
January 1933 – 20 April 1942
In office
May 1921 – August 1923
Constituency Dublin South
In office
December 1918 – May 1921
Constituency Dublin St Stephen's Green
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
1920–1921
Personal details
Born (1868-09-13)13 September 1868
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Nationality Irish
Political party
Spouse(s) Annie Glynn (m. 1894)
Children 6

Thomas Kelly (13 September 1868 – 20 April 1942) was an Irish Sinn Féin and later Fianna Fáil politician. He was a book and picture dealer before entering politics. He was a founder member of Sinn Féin and was elected to Dublin City Council in 1899.[1] Kelly was arrested after the 1916 Easter Rising and sent to prison in England, and after becoming seriously ill, he was released back to Dublin.

He was elected as a Sinn Féin MP for the Dublin St Stephens's Green constituency at the 1918 general election.[2] In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann.[3]

Kelly was unanimously elected as Lord Mayor of Dublin while being held in Wormwood Scrubs prison in England. Due to his imprisonment, he was unable to formally take up the position.[4]

He was re-elected unopposed at the 1921 elections for the Dublin South constituency. He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty but was too ill to attend the Dáil vote. He served as substitute Minister for Labour from 19 March 1919 to end of October 1919. He was again re-elected at the 1922 general election as a member of Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin but did not take his seat in the Dáil.

He did not join Cumann na nGaedheal along with other pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TDs in 1923, nor did he contest the 1923 general election. In 1930 he joined Fianna Fáil and was elected as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) at the 1933 general election for Dublin South.[5] He remained a TD and councillor until his death in 1942. No by-election was held to fill his seat.

References

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  • Piece 207-108; Thomas Kelly (1922).pdf

    British Army military intelligence file for Thomas Kelly

Civic offices
Preceded by Lord Mayor of Dublin
1920–1921 [lower-alpha 1]		 Succeeded by
Laurence O'Neill
Party political offices
Preceded by Vice President of Sinn Féin
1910–17
with Jennie Wyse Power
(1911–17)		 Succeeded by
Arthur Griffith
  1. ↑ Thomas Kelly was unanimously elected as Lord Mayor of Dublin while being held in Wormwood Scrubs prison in England. Due to his imprisonment, he was unable to formally take up the position.
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