Gill, Thomas Patrick--DB5047

Gill, Thomas Patrick--DB5047

Biographical Notes

Date of birth and date of death

Maiden name, place of origin

Ballygraigue, North Tipperary

Marital status, religious denomination, children

Catholic

Social background, family connections

Son of a civil engineer

Education, occupation and public functions

Education

Trinity College Dublin; Christian Brother's Kilkenny; Christian Brother's Ballygraigue

Occupation

Department of Agriculture: Secretary 1922-1923; Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland (DATI): First secretary 1900-1922; Dublin Daily Express: Editor; The Catholic World of New York, USA: Editor 1883-1885; The North American Review: Assistant editor 1883-1885; Journalist; Irish Homestead: Editor

Functions in agricultural institutions

Tenant Farmers Tipperary: Secretary 1878; Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (IAOS): Committee member; French Academy of Agriculture: Honorary member

Functions in other institutions

Recess Committee: Honorary secretary 1895-1896

Political activities

MP South Louth (Home Rule) 1885

Short Biography

References

Own publications

Sources

  • Daly, Mary E., The First Department: A History of the Department of Agriculture, Dublin 2002, p. 2ff, 75, 554
  • Hoctor, Daniel, The Department's History, Dublin 1971, p. 23, 26ff, 112-113, 130

Keywords

Irlande

Gill, Thomas Patrick--DB5047

Gill, Thomas Patrick--DB5047 .