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Patrick Hogan
(1886 – 24 January 1969) was a long-serving
Irish
politician. He served as
Ceann Comhairle
of
Dáil Éireann
from 1951 to 1967. He was born in Kilmaley,
County Clare
in 1886. As a young man he joined the
Gaelic League
and the
Irish Volunteers
, however he was deported to England for his activities. During the
War of Independence
he fought against the
Black and Tans
in County Clare. After the
Anglo-Irish Treaty
he became an official with the
Irish Transport and General Workers' Union
(ITGWU). He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a
Labour Party
TD
for
Clare
in 1923. He held his seat until 1938 when he was appointed to
Seanad Éireann
. He remained there until 1943 when he returned to the Dáil. In 1951 he became Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, a position he held until 1967. He welcomed
United States
President
John F. Kennedy
to the house on 28 June 1963 his visit to Ireland.
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