Michael James Derham (1889 – 20 November 1923) was an Irish Sinn Féin and later

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 ...

politician who served for two years as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the

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constituency. He was returned unopposed as one of six Sinn Féin candidates at the 1921 elections to the new House of Commons of Southern Ireland, which had been established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. In common with the other Sinn Féin members elected, he did not take his seat in the short-lived new Commons, sitting instead in the revolutionary Second Dáil. Derham was re-elected as a Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin candidate at the 1922 general election, and as a candidate for the new

party at the 1923 general election. He died suddenly less than three months later, in November, triggering a by-election, which was won on 19 March 1924 by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate,

Batt O'Connor Bartholomew O'Connor (4 July 1870 – 7 February 1935) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal (and later Fine Gael) politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin County from 1924 to 1935. Early life Batt O'Connor was born 4 July 1870 in Brosna, ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Derham, Michael J 1889 births 1923 deaths Cumann na nGaedheal TDs Members of the 2nd Dáil Members of the 3rd Dáil Members of the 4th Dáil Early Sinn Féin TDs People of the Irish Civil War (Pro-Treaty side)