John Michael Ormonde (15 September 1905 – 25 June 1981) was an Irish

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- ...

politician.

Early and personal life

He was born 15 September 1905 at Lismore,

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, the son of John Ormonde, shopkeeper, and his wife, Ann Ormonde (née O'Brien). He was educated at the Lismore CBS. A member of

Fianna Éireann Na Fianna Éireann (The Fianna of Ireland), known as the Fianna, is an Irish nationalist youth organisation founded by Constance Markievicz in 1909, with later help from Bulmer Hobson. Fianna members were involved in setting up the Irish Volun ...

, he delivered dispatches during the

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, until his arrest before his seventeenth birthday in 1923. He was imprisoned in Lismore castle and Fermoy, but he escaped and remained on the run until the end of the civil war. He attended

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and qualified as a teacher in 1928. He was appointed principal of

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national school, County Waterford, in 1932. He married Hanna Mary Hickey, a nurse, in July 1931. They had one daughter and three sons. His son

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was a Fianna Fáil TD for Waterford from 1982 to 1987.

Politics

A founder member of

in Waterford, he became a member of

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. He was elected to

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at a by-election in October 1947 as a Fianna Fáil

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(TD) for the

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constituency. In 1957 he joined the

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. He served in government until 1959. He lost his Dáil seat at the 1965 general election. He was elected to the

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at the 1965 election to the 11th Seanad.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ormonde, John 1905 births 1981 deaths Fianna Fáil TDs Members of the 12th Dáil Members of the 13th Dáil Members of the 14th Dáil Members of the 15th Dáil Members of the 16th Dáil Members of the 17th Dáil Members of the 11th Seanad Politicians from County Waterford Fianna Fáil senators Alumni of De La Salle Teacher Training College, Waterford

Early and personal life

Politics

See also

References