Toms Deirg

Toms Deirg (26 November 1897-19 November 1956) was an Irish Fianna Fil politician. Toms Deirg was born on 26 November 1897 in County Mayo. He was educated locally and at University College, Galway. During his time in college he organised a corps of the Irish Volunteers. After the 1916 Easter Rising he was arrested and imprisoned. After his release he graduated from college and became headmaster in a technical college in Mayo. During the War of Independence Deirg was interned at the Curragh. While there he was elected Sinn Fin MP for Mayo.
  Deirg took the republican side after the Irish Civil War. He was later captured by the Irish Free State army. In 1927 he was elected to Dil ireann as a Fianna Fil TD. In Eamon de Valera's first government in 1932  Deirg was appointed Minister for Education.  Between 1939 and 1943 he served as Minister for Lands. He was re-appointed to Education in 1943 until 1948.  Between 1951 and 1954 he became Minister for Lands again. 
Toms Deirg died on 19 November 1956 in Dublin. O Deirg, Toms O Deirg, Toms O Deirg, Toms

 

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