Donnellan, Michael (1900-1964)--DB5240
Biographical Notes
Date of birth and date of death
1900-1964
Maiden name, place of origin
Clonmore, Dunmore, Galway
Marital status, religious denomination, children
Social background, family connections
Father of John Donnellan
Education, occupation and public functions
Education
Occupation
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance 1948-1951 and 1954-1957; Farmer
Functions in agricultural institutions
Irish Farmers' Federation: Vice-president as representative for Connacht 1939; Galway Ploughing Association: Member; Clann na Talmhan: Founder 1939, first chairman of the national executive 1939-1944, chairman of the Galway executive
Functions in other institutions
Political activities
TD Galway (Clann na Talmhan) 1943-1965; County Council Galway: Member (Fianna Fail) 1928-; Galway County Committee of Agriculture: Member 1939; Fianna Fail: Member; Sinn Fein: Member
Short Biography
References
Own publications
Sources
- Duggan, Eugene, The Ploughman on the Pound Note: Farmer politics in county Galway during the twentieth Century, 2004, p. 65, 68, 72, 74, 112
- Healy, Sean and Louis P. F. Smith, Farm organisations in Ireland, Dublin 1996, p. 24
- ARH file no. 3410