Joseph Johnston (20 August 1890 – 1972) was an

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academic, farmer, writer and politician. He was born in 1890 in Toomog

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, to John Johnston, a national school teacher, and the former Mary Geddis. He came from a

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family of Ulster-Scots descent. He was educated at Dungannon Royal School (1902–06),

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(1906–10, BA (Mod) in Classics) and Lincoln College, Oxford (1910–12). He supported

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and was the author of ''Civil War in Ulster'' (1913) and ''The Nemesis of Economic Nationalism'' (1934). He became Professor of Applied Economics in Trinity College Dublin in 1939. He was first elected to

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as an

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member in 1938 by the Dublin University constituency. He was re-elected to the 2nd and 3rd Seanad but lost his at the 1943 election. He was elected to the 5th Seanad in 1944 and lost his seat at the 1948 election. He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 7th Seanad in 1951 and lost his seat at the 1954 election. Johnston was the father of Irish theoretical physicist Roy Johnston, a republican activist who was later a member of the

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. His daughter, Dr Maureen Carmody, was a member of the National Executive of the Irish Labour Party for many years, and at one time an elected Labour member of Nenagh Town Council.

Books

* 1913 – "Civil War in Ulster - Its Objects & Probable Results", Sealy, Byers and Walker, Dublin * 1925 – "A Groundwork of Economics" * 1934 – "The Nemesis of Economic Nationalism", P.S. King & Son, London * 1951 – "Irish Agriculture in Transition", Hodges Figgis / Blackwell, Dublin * 1962 – "Why Ireland Needs the Common Market", Mercier Press, Cork * 1966 – "Irish Economic Headaches: A Diagnosis", Aisti Eireannachta * 1970 – "Bishop Berkeley's Querist in Historical Perspective", Dundalgan Press, Dundalk

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Joseph 1890 births 1972 deaths Academics of Trinity College Dublin Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Independent members of Seanad Éireann 20th-century Irish economists 20th-century Irish farmers Irish people of Ulster-Scottish descent Irish Presbyterians Members of Seanad Éireann for Dublin University Members of the 2nd Seanad Members of the 3rd Seanad Members of the 5th Seanad Members of the 7th Seanad Nominated members of Seanad Éireann People educated at the Royal School Dungannon Politicians from County Tyrone Protestant Irish nationalists Scholars and academics from County Tyrone People from Castlecaulfield