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Thomas O'Donnell ( – 1945) was an Irish politician. He was elected unopposed as a
Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gri ...
Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parli ...
(TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Sligo–Mayo East constituency. He supported the
Anglo-Irish Treaty The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty ( ga , An Conradh Angla-Éireannach), commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the ...
and voted in favour of it. He was re-elected as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD at the 1922 general election. At the 1923 general election, he stood 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 ...
candidate for the Leitrim–Sligo constituency but he was not elected.


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File:Piece 206-065; Thomas O'Donnell (1922).pdf, page=2, alt=British Army intelligence file for Thomas O'Donnell, British Army intelligence file for Thomas O'Donnell 1945 deaths Early Sinn Féin TDs Cumann na nGaedheal politicians Members of the 2nd Dáil Members of the 3rd Dáil Year of birth uncertain {{SinnFéin-politician-stub