George Nicolls (1884 – 11 May 1942) was an Irish politician and solicitor. In the lead-up to the 1916

Easter Rising The Easter Rising ( ga, Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the a ...

, a rebel plan for Galway town was prepared at Nicolls' home at 2 University Road. He was arrested in Galway on Easter Tuesday before the local Irish Volunteers could be mobilised. He spent most of the period from 1916 to 1921 in prison in England. He was first elected unopposed at the 1921 elections for the Galway constituency as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil while still imprisoned. In January 1922, he was appointed Assistant Minister for Home Affairs in the Government of the 2nd Dáil. Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty, he sided with Michael Collins and voted in favour of it. He was re-elected at the 1922 general election as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD. At the 1923 general election, he was re-elected as a

Cumann na nGaedheal Cumann na nGaedheal (; "Society of the Gaels") was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. In 1933 it merged with smaller groups to form the Fine Gael party. Origins In 1922 the pro-Treaty G ...

TD. In the

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, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence and served from January 1925 to May 1927. He did not stand at the June 1927 general election. Nicolls was married in Dublin in December 1914 to Margaret MacHugh.

References

Intelligence files

Piece 207-159; George Nicholls (1922).pdf, page=6, British Army military intelligence file for George Nicholls Piece 118-20; Prosecution of George Nicholls; Possession of Seditious Documents; 23rd September, 19.pdf, Prosecution of George Nicholls; Possession of Seditious Documents

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolls, George 1884 births 1942 deaths Early Sinn Féin TDs Cumann na nGaedheal TDs Members of the 2nd Dáil Members of the 3rd Dáil Members of the 4th Dáil Politicians from County Galway Irish solicitors Parliamentary Secretaries of the 4th Dáil People of the Irish Civil War (Pro-Treaty side)