Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1921–2009)
Patrick J. Cummins (10 June 1921 – 5 March 2009) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1]
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]
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^ O'Connell served as Ceann Comhairle in the 22nd and 23rd Dáil from 1981 to 1983 and was returned automatically at the February 1982 and November 1982 general elections. He joined Fianna Fáil in January 1985.
^ Founded Right to Change in May 2020.