Archie Heron
Irish politician and trade unionist (1896–1971)
Archie Heron | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
| In office July 1937 – June 1938 | |
| Constituency | Dublin North-West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1896-08-29)29 August 1896 Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland |
| Died | 10 May 1971(1971-05-10) (aged 74) Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse | Ina Connolly (m. 1920) |
| Children | 2 |
Archibald Heron (29 August 1896 – 10 May 1971) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade unionist.
He was born in Portadown, County Armagh, to a presbyterian family, one of seven children of Samuel Heron, a physician and surgeon, and his wife Bessie (née Beck).[1] He was educated locally before moving to Belfast in 1912.[2] He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and moved to Dublin in 1912 where he became involved in the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union.[3]
He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1937 general election.[4] He lost his seat at the 1938 general election.[5] He was unsuccessful in both the 1927 general elections in Sligo–Leitrim.
He was a longtime member of Dublin's United Arts Club.[6] He married Ina Connolly, daughter of the socialist republican revolutionary James Connolly. He served as a bodyguard for Michael Collins during the Irish War of Independence.[7]
References
- ^ "Births registered in the District of Portadown in the Union of Lurgan in the County of Armagh" (PDF). IrishGenealogy.ie. 12 January 1897. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ Ferriter, Diarmaid. "Heron, Archibald". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Archibald (Archie) Heron". Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Archie Heron". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
- ^ "Archie Heron". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
- ^ O'Connell, Brian (22 August 2011). "A United Front". The Irish Times.
- ^ "James Connolly Heron (b. 1949)". Irish Life and Lore. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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| Preceded by William O'Brien | Treasurer of the Irish Trades Union Congress 1925 | Succeeded by William O'Brien |
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Dublin North-West constituency
This table is transcluded from Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
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| 2nd | 1921 | Philip Cosgrave (SF) | Joseph McGrath (SF) | Richard Mulcahy (SF) | Michael Staines (SF) | ||||
| 3rd | 1922 | Philip Cosgrave (PT-SF) | Joseph McGrath (PT-SF) | Richard Mulcahy (PT-SF) | Michael Staines (PT-SF) | ||||
| 4th | 1923 | Constituency abolished. See Dublin North | |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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| 9th | 1937 | Seán T. O'Kelly (FF) | A. P. Byrne (Ind) | Cormac Breathnach (FF) | Patrick McGilligan (FG) | Archie Heron (Lab) | |||||
| 10th | 1938 | Eamonn Cooney (FF) | |||||||||
| 11th | 1943 | Martin O'Sullivan (Lab) | |||||||||
| 12th | 1944 | John S. O'Connor (FF) | |||||||||
| 1945 by-election | Vivion de Valera (FF) | ||||||||||
| 13th | 1948 | Mick Fitzpatrick (CnaP) | A. P. Byrne (Ind) | 3 seats from 1948 to 1969 | |||||||
| 14th | 1951 | Declan Costello (FG) | |||||||||
| 1952 by-election | Thomas Byrne (Ind) | ||||||||||
| 15th | 1954 | Richard Gogan (FF) | |||||||||
| 16th | 1957 | ||||||||||
| 17th | 1961 | Michael Mullen (Lab) | |||||||||
| 18th | 1965 | ||||||||||
| 19th | 1969 | Hugh Byrne (FG) | Jim Tunney (FF) | David Thornley (Lab) | 4 seats from 1969 to 1977 | ||||||
| 20th | 1973 | ||||||||||
| 21st | 1977 | Constituency abolished. See Dublin Finglas and Dublin Cabra | |||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
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| 22nd | 1981 | Jim Tunney (FF) | Michael Barrett (FF) | Mary Flaherty (FG) | Hugh Byrne (FG) | ||||
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb) | Proinsias De Rossa (WP) | |||||||
| 24th | 1982 (Nov) | ||||||||
| 25th | 1987 | ||||||||
| 26th | 1989 | ||||||||
| 27th | 1992 | Noel Ahern (FF) | Róisín Shortall (Lab) | Proinsias De Rossa (DL) | |||||
| 28th | 1997 | Pat Carey (FF) | |||||||
| 29th | 2002 | 3 seats from 2002 | |||||||
| 30th | 2007 | ||||||||
| 31st | 2011 | Dessie Ellis (SF) | John Lyons (Lab) | ||||||
| 32nd | 2016 | Róisín Shortall (SD) | Noel Rock (FG) | ||||||
| 33rd | 2020 | Paul McAuliffe (FF) | |||||||
