Seán Tubridy (1897 – 15 July 1939) was an Irish politician and medical practitioner. Tubridy had two terms as a
Fianna Fáil TD for
Galway, from 1927 to 1932 and 1937 to 1939. His parents had originally moved to Carraroe in
Connemara to teach at the local Irish-language school. Tubridy was also involved in
Gaeltacht affairs and in the mid-1930s was a co-founder of ''
Muintir na Gaeltachta
was a lobby-group representing Irish-speaking inhabitants of the Gaeltacht. It was founded in the winter of 1933–34, with Seán Ó Coisdeala, a national school teacher from Tully in Connemara, as President and Pádraig Seoige as secretary. Oth ...
'', along with
Peadar Duignan
Peadar Duignan (26 July 1898 – 13 April 1955) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála
A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a m ...
and
Máirtín Ó Cadhain
Máirtín Ó Cadhain (; 1906 – 18 October 1970) was one of the most prominent Irish language writers of the twentieth century. Perhaps best known for his 1949 novel ''Cré na Cille'', Ó Cadhain played a key role in reintroducing literary mod ...
.
Early life
John Andrew Tubridy was born in 1897 at
Galway, to Patrick Tubridy and Jane Waldron. He had only one sibling, Mary Margaret Patricia. Seán's father was from
Kilmurry Ibrickane,
County Clare, and his mother from
Kilkelly
Kilkelly () is a small village in Kilmovee civil parish, County Mayo, Ireland. It is just south of Ireland West Airport Knock on the N17, a national primary road running between Galway and Sligo.
History Built heritage
Evidence of ancient settl ...
,
County Mayo
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; the two were ''
Gaeilgeoirí'' and had moved to the Irish-speaking area of
Connemara to teach at the Scoil Mhic Dara in
Carraroe
Carraroe (in Irish, and officially, , meaning 'the red quarter') is a village in County Galway, Ireland, in the Irish-speaking region (Gaeltacht) of Connemara. It is known for its traditional fishing boats, the Galway Hookers. Its population i ...
. They worked with
Roger Casement and helped to set up a fund for free school dinners there. The two had a feud with a priest by the name of Fr. Healy and were attacked from the pulpit, but they received support from local parents.
Tubridy was a medical practitioner who fought against the epidemics of cholera, typhus and the Spanish Flu in Connemara. He married a Dublin woman by the name of Kathleen Moira Ryan, daughter of Hugh Ryan, the Professor of Chemistry at
University College, Dublin. The youngest of their three children was a son Patrick Tubridy, who married Catherine Andrews, the daughter of
Todd Andrews, a prominent former member of the
Irish Republican Army. Patrick himself had several children, including the broadcaster
Ryan Tubridy.
[As noted in the September 2009 episode of TV genealogy show '' Who do you think you are?''.]
Dáil Éireann
Tubridy was first elected to
Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann ( , ; ) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).Article 15.1.2º of the Constitution of Ireland read ...
as a
Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the
Galway 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 stood unsuccessfully at the
1933 general election but was elected for the
Galway West constituency at the
1937 general election.
He was re-elected at the
1938 general election, but died during the
10th Dáil
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in July 1939. The
by-election caused by his death was held on 30 May 1940 and was won by
John J. Keane of
Fianna Fáil.
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See also
* Michael G. Tubridy
References
External links
My Story: Ryan Tubridy
at RTÉ
(RTÉ) (; Irish language, Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the Public broadcaster, national broadcaster of Republic of Ireland, Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on RTÉ Television, telev ...
Ryan Tubridy discovers ancestor’s letter to Roger Casement
at Irish Times
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1897 births
1939 deaths
Fianna Fáil TDs
Politicians from County Galway
Members of the 5th Dáil
Members of the 6th Dáil
Members of the 9th Dáil
Members of the 10th Dáil
Irish general practitioners