Gibbons, Michael--DB5046
Biographical Notes
Date of birth and date of death
Maiden name, place of origin
Marital status, religious denomination, children
Married to Gibbons, Anne--DB5044, 10 children
Social background, family connections
Brother of Gibbons, James--DB5045; Brother-in-law of Crotty, Raymond (1925-1994)--DB5212
Education, occupation and public functions
Education
Occupation
Farmer in Bonnesrath, Kilkenny; Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS): President 1989, national council member 1989; Irish Co-operative Marts Ltd.: Chairman 1961
Functions in agricultural institutions
National Farmers' Association: Chairman of the national livestock committee, member of the first national council 1955; Macra na Feirme: Chairman 1953-1954, chairman of the Junior Farmers' club sub-committee 1953, chairman of the livestock committee 1954, national council member 1950-1954
Functions in other institutions
Local GAA branch: Secretary, delegate; Irish Army: Captain 1940-1944
Political activities
Short Biography
References
Own publications
Sources
- Co-op Ireland: Directory, Dublin 1989/90, p. 3ff
- Healy, Sean and Louis P. F. Smith, Farm organisations in Ireland, Dublin 1996, p. 64, 190, 199, 201f, 215, 228
- Irish Farmer’s Journal, 7.01.1950, p. 1; 26.04.1952, p. 2; 11.10.1952, p. 2; 6.06.1953, p. 6; 24.10.1950, p. 14; 31.10.1950, p. 1; 4.06.1955, p. 12; 27.08.1955, p. 12; 7.04.1956, p. 11; 25.02.1961, p. 4; 29.10.1966, p. 7