Bryan Cusack (2 August 1881 – 24 May 1973) was an Irish

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gri ...

politician and medical doctor. Bernard Cusack was born in County Cavan in 1881, the son of draper Andrew Cusack and Catherine Dawson; at a young age his family moved to Granard, County Longford. In January 1916, in Dublin, he married Kathleen Keane. He was elected as a

MP for Galway North at the 1918 general election. In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs who had been elected in the Westminster elections of 1918 refused to recognise the

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and instead assembled at the Mansion House in

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as a revolutionary parliament called

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, though Cusack did not attend as he was in prison. He re-elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin

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(TD) for the

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constituency at the 1921 general election. He opposed the

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and voted against it. He was re-elected as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD for Galway at the 1922 general election but did not take his seat in

. He did not contest the 1923 general election. He became a founder member of

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christian- ...

in 1926 and stood unsuccessfully for the party in Galway at the June 1927 general election. He did not contest any more elections and he resumed his medical career. He died in 1973 aged 91.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cusack, Bryan 1881 births 1973 deaths Early Sinn Féin TDs Members of the 1st Dáil Members of the 2nd Dáil Members of the 3rd Dáil Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Galway constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1918–1922 People of the Irish Civil War (Anti-Treaty side) Politicians from County Longford 20th-century Irish medical doctors Fianna Fáil candidates in Dáil elections Alumni of the University of Galway People from Granard Medical doctors from County Longford

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