John Cullinan (Irish politician)
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John Cullinan was Irish
Nationalist Member of Parliament
for Tipperary South, 1900-18.
He was born at Bansha and educated at Thurles Lay College. From his early manhood, he became a prominent figure in the nationalist movement in Tipperary, and played a leading part in the Land League
and Plan of Campaign
movements. These involvements led to him serving five terms of imprisonment, in which he was sentenced to four terms varying from one month to twelve months, and on another occasion was jailed as a ‘suspect’. He was one of those indicted with John Dillon
and William O’Brien in connection with the non-payment of rent campaign on the Smith-Barry estate in 1889-90. He narrowly escaped death in Tullamore jail in 1891 from an attack of fever. For many years he was Chairman of the Tipperary Board of Poor Law Guardians. He was also a member of South Tipperary County Council from its establishment in 1899, and a noted player of hurling and Gaelic football. In 1913 he married Rita, daughter of Thomas O’Meara of Cahir.
He was selected as Nationalist parliamentary candidate for South Tipperary for the general election of 1900 at a convention at Cahir on 26 September 1900, and subsequently was elected unopposed. He continued to hold the seat unopposed through successive general elections until December 1918, when he was defeated by the Sinn Fein
candidate Patrick James Moloney
by 8,744 votes to 2,701.
He died at a nursing home in Dublin on Friday 17 December 1920, and was buried in Tipperary.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
Nationalist Member of Parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
for Tipperary South, 1900-18.
He was born at Bansha and educated at Thurles Lay College. From his early manhood, he became a prominent figure in the nationalist movement in Tipperary, and played a leading part in the Land League
Irish National Land League
The Irish Land League was an Irish political organization of the late 19th century which sought to help poor tenant farmers. Its primary aim was to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farmers to own the land they worked on...
and Plan of Campaign
Plan of Campaign
The Plan of Campaign was a stratagem adopted in Ireland between 1886 and 1891, co-ordinated by Irish politicians for the benefit of tenant farmers, against mainly absentee and rack-rent landlords. It was launched to counter agricultural distress caused by the continual depression in prices of dairy...
movements. These involvements led to him serving five terms of imprisonment, in which he was sentenced to four terms varying from one month to twelve months, and on another occasion was jailed as a ‘suspect’. He was one of those indicted with John Dillon
John Dillon
John Dillon was an Irish land reform agitator from Dublin, an Irish Home Rule activist, a nationalist politician, a Member of Parliament for over 35 years, and the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party....
and William O’Brien in connection with the non-payment of rent campaign on the Smith-Barry estate in 1889-90. He narrowly escaped death in Tullamore jail in 1891 from an attack of fever. For many years he was Chairman of the Tipperary Board of Poor Law Guardians. He was also a member of South Tipperary County Council from its establishment in 1899, and a noted player of hurling and Gaelic football. In 1913 he married Rita, daughter of Thomas O’Meara of Cahir.
He was selected as Nationalist parliamentary candidate for South Tipperary for the general election of 1900 at a convention at Cahir on 26 September 1900, and subsequently was elected unopposed. He continued to hold the seat unopposed through successive general elections until December 1918, when he was defeated by the Sinn Fein
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
candidate Patrick James Moloney
P. J. Moloney
P. J. Moloney was an Irish Sinn Féin politician.He was elected as a Sinn Féin MP for the Tipperary South constituency at the 1918 general election...
by 8,744 votes to 2,701.
He died at a nursing home in Dublin on Friday 17 December 1920, and was buried in Tipperary.