Eamonn Cooney | |
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Teachta Dála | |
In office June 1938 – June 1943 | |
Constituency | Dublin North-West |
In office September 1927 – July 1937 | |
Constituency | Dublin North |
Personal details | |
Born | 1895 |
Died | 7 February 1975 Dublin,Ireland |
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Fianna Fáil |
Occupation | Publican |
Eamonn Cooney (1895 - 7 February 1975) was an Irish revolutionary,politician and trade union official with the Irish National Union of Vintners',Grocers' and Allied Trades Assistants.
Cooney claimed membership of the Irish Volunteers in Belfast from 1914. During the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921),he was appointed a Staff Captain in IRA General Headquarters (GHQ) and was involved in intelligence work,raids and the defence of nationalist areas in Belfast. [1] Cooney was arrested by British forces in November 1920 and held in Ballykinlar Internment Camp,County Down until 8 December 1921. Moving to Dublin in March 1922,he transferred to K Company,1 Battalion,Dublin Brigade,IRA and used his position in the Grocers’Assistants Union to give the IRA access to the union's Banba Hall,Parnell Square. Taking the anti-Treaty side in the [Irish Civil War],Cooney took part in the occupation and defence of several buildings around Parnell Square and Bolton Street against National forces. He was arrested in December 1922 and interned until April 1923. Cooney later applied to the Irish government for a service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act,1934 and was awarded 4 and 5/6 years service in 1941 at Grade D for his service with the Irish Volunteers and the IRA between 1 April 1917 and 30 September 1923. [2]
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