Jeremiah Cronin (14 September 1925 – 19 October 1990) was an Irish

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politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1965 general election as a

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(TD) for the Cork North-East constituency. He was appointed to the

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on one occasion, serving as Minister for Defence from 1970 to 1973 under

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Jack Lynch. Cronin retired from domestic politics at the 1981 general election, having been elected to the

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for a five-year term in 1979. He was born in Currabeha,

Fermoy Fermoy () is a town on the River Blackwater in east County Cork, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the town and environs had a population of approximately 6,500 people. It is located in the barony of Condons and Clangibbon, and is in the Dá ...

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, the son of Alice Mulcahy and Sean Cronin. His uncle, Arthur Mulcahy, was a member of the

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, and was shot by British forces during the Irish War of Independence on 22 March 1921."War by the Irish", p.183, a collection by John McCann. Jerry Cronin died on 19 October 1990, having suffered with

Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...

. He was married to Shelia Sheehan; they lived in Mallow, County Cork, and had six children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cronin, Jerry 1925 births 1990 deaths Fianna Fáil TDs Politicians from County Cork Members of the 18th Dáil Members of the 19th Dáil Members of the 20th Dáil Members of the 21st Dáil Fianna Fáil MEPs MEPs for the Republic of Ireland 1979–1984 Ministers for Defence (Ireland) Parliamentary Secretaries of the 19th Dáil People from Fermoy