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Martin McDonogh (1858 – 24 November 1934) was an Irish politician.
McDonogh was known for being violently opposed to trade unions. He was the leader of the Galway Employers' Federation during the lockout of 1912 and the five-week general workers strike of 1913.
Early life
Born inGorumna
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, Connemara, to Thomas McDonogh and Honoria Hernon, McDonogh was the second son of six children who survived to adulthood. He was a cousin of the writer and journalist, Pádraic Ó Conaire
Pádraic Ó Conaire (28 February 1882 – 6 October 1928) was an Irish writer and journalist whose production was primarily in the Irish language. In his lifetime he wrote 26 books, 473 stories, 237 essays and 6 plays. His acclaimed novel '' ...
. He was educated by the Jesuits
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at Coláiste Iognáid
Coláiste Iognáid SJ ( en, link=yes, Ignatius College), a bilingual secondary school, is located on Sea Road in Galway, Ireland. It was founded in 1645 and has had numerous locations over the years before its current home. The college is a co- ...
and later at St Stanislaus College
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in Tullabeg, County Offaly
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. He briefly studied law at University College Galway
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.
Business career
McDonogh inherited his father's company, Thomas McDonogh & Sons, and expanded it to become one of the biggest employers in the province of Connacht. At its height, the company employed 700 people in an array of business ventures from a fertilizer factory to farming and electricity generation. A strict teetotaller, he never married.
McDonogh was known for being violently opposed to trade unions. He was the leader of the Galway Employers' Federation during the lockout of 1912 and the five-week general workers strike of 1913.
Political career
McDonogh was first elected toDáil Éireann
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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 ...
Teachta Dála
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(TD) for the Galway
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constituency at the June 1927 general election. He was re-elected at the September 1927 general election but lost his seat at the 1932 general election. He re-gained his seat at the 1933 general election, but died during the 8th Dáil
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in 1934. The by-election
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caused by his death was held on 19 June 1935 and was won by Eamon Corbett of Fianna Fáil
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.
He never married, and lived at Belmore, Salthill, County Galway, where he died on 24 November 1934. He was buried at Fonthill cemetery, Galway.
Further reading
*Jackie Uí Chionna, ''He was Galway: Máirtín Mór McDonogh, 1860–1934'', Four Courts Press.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:McDonogh, Martin 1858 births 1934 deaths Cumann na nGaedheal TDs Fine Gael TDs Politicians from County Galway Members of the 5th Dáil Members of the 6th Dáil Members of the 8th Dáil People educated at Coláiste Iognáid