Daniel Desmond Sheehan, usually known as D.D. Sheehan (28 May 1873 – 28 November 1948) was an Irish journalist, labour leader, barrister, and author. May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... The labo(u)r movement is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments. ... A barrister (advocate in Scotland and the Channel Islands, barrister-at-law in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in some Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ...

He served as Member of Parliament from 1901 to 1918 for Mid Cork, which constituency extended from Macroom to Millstreet, and was credited by his supporters with considerable success in land reform, labour reforms and in rural state housing. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Mid Cork was a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1922. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... Macroom (Irish: Maigh Chromtha) is a small market town lying in a valley on the River Sullane, a tributary of the River Lee, between Cork and Killarney. ... Millstreet (Sráid an Mhuilinn in Irish) is a town in west County Cork, Ireland with a population of approximately 1,500. ... Land reform (also agrarian reform although that can have a broader meaning) is the government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of — i. ... In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is a measure of the work done by human beings and is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. ... Rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Sheep eating grass in rural Australia Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. ... A local authority tower block in Cwmbrân, South Wales Public housing or project homes is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ...

D. D. Sheehan, B.L., M.P.

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Journalistic beginnings

D.D. Sheehan M.P. (standing centre balcony), addressing a large AfIL meeting in 1910 at Newmarket, Co. Cork.

Sheehan was born in Dromtariffe, Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland, the eldest of three sons and one daughter of Daniel Sheehan senior and Ellen Sheehan (née Fitzgerald). His father was a tenant farmer. He was educated at the local primary school; when he was seven years old, the family experienced eviction from the family homestead in 1880 at the height of the Irish Land League's Land War. D.D. Sheehan MP. addressing crowd, standing centre front on balcony platform, campaigning in 1910 at Newmarket, Co. ... D.D. Sheehan MP. addressing crowd, standing centre front on balcony platform, campaigning in 1910 at Newmarket, Co. ... Kanturk (Irish: Ceann Toirc = Boars Head, also the towns emblem) is a town in the north west of County Cork, Kanturk is situated at the confluence of the rivers Allow and Dallow (also Dalua), streaming further on into the Blackwater. ... Kanturk (Irish: Ceann Toirc = Boars Head, also the towns emblem) is a town in the north west of County Cork, Kanturk is situated at the confluence of the rivers Allow and Dallow (also Dalua), streaming further on into the Blackwater. ... County Cork (Contae Chorcaí in Irish) is the most southwesterly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. ... A national school is a particular type of primary school in Ireland which is not directly financed and administered by the State: rather the affairs and policies of the school are managed by a local Board of Management, which is often directed by a member of the clergy, and includes... Eviction is a legal process by which a landlord forces a tenant to move out of the landlords property involuntarily and usually permanently. ... The Irish painter Henry Jones Thaddeus enlisted the conscience of the propertied classes with the sentimental realism of La retour du bracconier (The Wounded Poacher), exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1881, at the height of the Irish Land War Irish land League poster dating from the 1880s The Irish...

Sheehan's family were supporters of the Fenian tradition, and his experience of discrimination made him a strong supporter of Irish nationalism. Sheehan was a supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell after the 'Parnell split' in the Irish Parliamentary Party. Fenian is a term used since the 1860s for an Irish nationalist who espouses or is perceived to espouse violence against British rule, usually by people opposed to their aims. ... The word tradition, comes from the Latin word traditio which means to hand down or to hand over. ... To discriminate is to make a distinction between people on the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit. ... Irish nationalism refers to political movements that desire greater autonomy or the independence of Ireland from Great Britain. ... Charles Stewart Parnell (June 27, 1846 – October 6, 1891) was an Irish political leader and one of the most important figures in 19th century Ireland and the United Kingdom; William Ewart Gladstone thought him the most remarkable person he had ever met. ... In 1882 Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, formed the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), replacing the Home Rule League, as a parliamentary party with strict rules. ...

He began his career as a schoolteacher at the age of 16, studying law when time allowed. He undertook part-time journalism from 1890 and was otherwise self-educated to a high literary degree. Sheehan was a correspondent to the Kerry Sentinel, and later special correspondent to the Cork Daily Herald in Killarney. After marriage in 1894, he moved to Scotland and joined the staff of the Glasgow Observer in pursuit of journalistic experience, later becoming editor of the Catholic News in Preston, England. Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) is self-education or self-directed learning. ... St. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK...

In 1898, he returned to Ireland working on various papers in Munster including the Cork Constitution, and was editor of the Cork County Southern Star, Skibbereen, (1899 -1901). Munster (Irish: An Mhumhain, IPA: ) is the southernmost province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. ... Skibbereen (Irish: An Sciobairín) in Ireland is known as the capital of West Cork. ...

Land and Labour leader

Early in his life, Sheehan had been appointed correspondence secretary of the Kanturk Trade and Labour Council when he began his active involvement in labour and trade union affairs. This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...

In August 1894, in alliance with the Clonmel, County Tipperary solicitor J.J. O'Shee (who was Member of Parliament for West Waterford from 1895), he co-founded the Irish Land and Labour Association (ILLA) to agitate on behalf of small tenant farmers and agrarian labourers, setting forth Michael Davitt's achievements. Clonmel (Cluain Meala in Irish) is a medium-sized town situated in south County Tipperary, Ireland. ... County Tipperary (Tiobraid Árann in Irish) is a traditional county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster. ... West Waterford was a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1918. ... The UK general election of 1895 was held from 13th July - 7th August 1895. ... The Irish Land and Labour Association (ILLA) was a progressive movement founded in the early 1890s in Munster, to organise and pursue political agitation for small tenant farmer’s and rural labourer’s rights. ... Michael Davitt c. ...

Under his leadership as President from 1898 the ILLA spread rapidly across Munster and later Connacht, campaigning vigorously against the pitiful plight of the rural communities and for their rights, duly acknowledged by government. By 1900, he had organised founding around one hundred branches of the ILLA mostly in County Cork, County Tipperary, and County Limerick. Munster (Irish: An Mhumhain, IPA: ) is the southernmost province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. ... Connaught redirects here. ... County Cork (Contae Chorcaí in Irish) is the most southwesterly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. ... County Tipperary (Tiobraid Árann in Irish) is a traditional county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster. ... Limerick (Luimneach in Irish) is an Irish county in the province of Munster, located in the Mid-west of Ireland with County Clare to the north, County Cork to the south and County Kerry to the west. ...

Member of Parliament

Standing as labour candidate on a labour platform, D.D., as he was popularly known, defeated the Irish Party's United Irish League candidate at its pre-selection convention, and was elected M.P. for Mid-Cork on the death of Dr. C.K.D. Tanner (former Mid-Cork anti-Parnellite Nationalist M.P. from 1895), in the by-election of 17 May 1901, a tremendous triumph for the labour movement and at twenty-eight the youngest, and one of the most outspoken Irish Nationalist Party members of parliament at the House of Commons. In 1882 Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, formed the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), replacing the Home Rule League, as a parliamentary party with strict rules. ... The UK general election of 1895 was held from 13th July - 7th August 1895. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The labo(u)r movement is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments. ... The Nationalist Party existed under various froms from 1874 to 1973. ... British House of Commons Canadian House of Commons In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ...

Agrarian Resurgence

Associated with land agitation he settled many disputes between landlords and tenant. In his capacity as honorary secretary of the Cork Advisory Committee, D.D. helped end centuries of oppressive "landlordism" by most successfully negotiating the larger number of 16,159 tenant land purchases in Munster that decade, under the great Wyndham Land Purchase Act (1903), which was later followed by the Birrell Land Act (1909) introducing compulsory purchase. Absentee landlord is an economic term for a person who owns and rents out a profit-earning property, but does not live within the propertys local economic region. ... The City of Wyndham is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... Augustine Birrell (January 19, 1850 - November 20, 1933), was an English author and politician. ...

From 1904 Sheehan allied himself with Mallow compatriot William O'Brien M.P., and the ILLA branches became the base for the O'Brienite organisation in rural Munster. Mallow (Mala, Magh Eala, and other variations in Irish) is the Crossroads of Munster and the administrative capital of north County Cork, in Ireland. ... William OBrien (2 October 1852–25 February 1928) was an Irish journalist, writer and politician, particularly associated with campaigns for land reform in Ireland during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ...

In the 1906 general election Sheehan won his seat against an IPP candidate, the Irish Party mounting a feud against him for allegedly being a "factionist". The party then expelled him from its ranks, a measure initiated by deputy leader John Dillon, depriving him of party stipends - parliamentary allowances only being introduced six years later. He retaliated by resigning his seat in November, challenging the IPP to again stand against him. He was elected as Ireland's first independent Labour M.P. on the 31 December 1906 -- unopposed. His income from then on depended on constituent's collections at church gates on Sundays. A political faction is presently an informal grouping of individuals, especially within a political organisation, such as a political party, a trade union, or other group with some kind of political purpose (referred to in this article as the “broader organisation”). It may also be referred to as a... John Dillon (September 4, 1851 - August 4, 1927) was an Irish nationalist politician. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Sheehan's cottages

Sheehan M.P. (r), 1907, commanding the platform
at a North County Dublin
Land and Labour meeting.
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At countrywide ILLA meetings and in leading articles in the Irish People (1905-09), he strove passionately to attain social betterment for the working Irish, winning both under "the Macroom programme", the Bryce Labourers (Ireland) Act (1906) and the Birrell Labourers (Ireland) Act (1911) provision for the erection of over 40,000 cottages each on an acre of land, 7,560 alone in county Cork, known locally as Sheehan's cottages. These commodious dwellings provided cosy happy homes for over a quarter of a million of small tenant farmers and labourers, previously living wretchedly in stone cabins and sod hovels.
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A Model Village
"Sheehan's cottage"

Within a few years the resulting changes, beginning with the attainment of national self-reliance under the Local Government Act (1898), brought about an unprecedented social and economic agrarian revolution in rural Ireland. Image File history File linksMetadata 618_074H.jpg A Sheehans cottage, Tower Model Village, Co. ... Image File history File linksMetadata 618_074H.jpg A Sheehans cottage, Tower Model Village, Co. ... Local governments are administrative offices of an area smaller than a state. ... The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 a piece of legislation passed as an Act of Parliament by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1898, to establish a system of local government in Ireland on lines similar that had been recently created in Great Britain at the time. ... A farmer in Germany working the land in the traditional way, with horse and plough. ...

Yet another important D.D. Sheehan landmark, his Model Irish Village scheme at Tower, near Blarney. He organised the completion of this remarkable project, furthering a cooperation between the local ILLA branch and the Cork Rural District Council. It comprised 17 cottages provided with all local amenities, build with the intention of becoming an example to be followed in other districts around the country. Blarney (An Bhlárna in Irish), is a village some 11 km northwest of Cork in Ireland. ... A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. ... In local government on the British Isles, a rural district was a predominantly rural area used for local government. ...

His considerable achievements laid a solid foundation for the later successes of the Irish Labour Party in the province of Munster. Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...

D. D. Sheehan B.L., 1911, in wig and gown.

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Barrister-at-law

While in parliament he was called to the Law Bar as barrister on 3 July 1911, having been exhibitioner and prizeman in law University College Cork (1908-09) and honoursman King's Inns Dublin (1910), practicing on the Munster circuit. A bar association is a body of lawyers who, in some jurisdictions, are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession. ... A barrister (advocate in Scotland and the Channel Islands, barrister-at-law in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in some Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork - or more commonly University College Cork (UCC) - is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland located in Cork City. ... The Kings Inns or formally the Honorable Society of Kings Inns (HSKI) is the institution which controls the entry of barristers-at-law into the justice system of the Republic of Ireland. ...

All-for-Ireland League

In March 1909, D.D. Sheehan together with William O'Brien M.P., and with the support of Canon Sheehan of Doneraile, inaugurated the All-for-Ireland League (AFIL) in Kanturk. The League was a distinctive political group whose deep conviction was that the success of a United Ireland parliament must depend on Irish Home Rule being won with the consent rather than by the compulsion of the Protestant minority. Prophetically farsighted, both Sheehan and O'Brien advocated granting Ulster every conceivable concession to overcome its fears of a Roman Catholic-dominated Dublin parliament, as otherwise an All-Ireland settlement would fail. William OBrien (2 October 1852–25 February 1928) was an Irish journalist, writer and politician, particularly associated with campaigns for land reform in Ireland during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... This Barnstar is awarded to the authors of this text for their great efforts in patient construction of a quality encyclopedia article. ... The All-for-Ireland League (A.I.L.), was an Irish, Munster based non-sectarian political party (1909-1918). ... Kanturk (Irish: Ceann Toirc = Boars Head, also the towns emblem) is a town in the north west of County Cork, Kanturk is situated at the confluence of the rivers Allow and Dallow (also Dalua), streaming further on into the Blackwater. ... A United Ireland is the common demand of Irish nationalists, envisaging that the island of Ireland (currently divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) be reunited as a single political entity. ... Devolution or Home rule is the pooling of powers from central government to government at regional or local level. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

Turbulent AFIL demonstration at Ballina, County Mayo, 1910.

D.D. contributed regularly as honorary secretary to the League's newspaper, O'Brien's Cork Free Press (1910-1916). The political slogan of the AFIL was the Three C's - - for Conference, Conciliation and Consent as applied to Irish politics, particularly to Home Rule. He renounced the Irish Party leader's, John Redmond M.P.'s, aggressive "Ulster will have to follow" approach to Home Rule. Image File history File linksMetadata 618_074C.jpg Summary Newspaper report of D.D. Sheehans All-for-Ireland League campaign at Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, August 1910, newspaper source unknown. ... Image File history File linksMetadata 618_074C.jpg Summary Newspaper report of D.D. Sheehans All-for-Ireland League campaign at Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, August 1910, newspaper source unknown. ... Ballina town centre Ballina (which derives from Béal an Átha [mouth of the ford] or Béal Átha an Fheadha in Irish), is the second largest town in County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Republic of Ireland is a sovereign, independent state. ... John Redmond, MP John Edward Redmond (1856 – March 1918) was the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918. ... Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland. ...

1910 general election

The AFIL opposed the Irish Party in both 1910 general elections, returning eight M.P.s, D.D. campaigning for the party's political policies at large meetings across counties Mayo, Limerick and Cork. The UK general election of December 1910 was the last held over several days, from 3rd – 19th December 1910. ... County Mayo (Irish: Contae Mhaigh Eo, the plain of the yews) is a county on the west coast of Ireland. ... Limerick (Luimneach in Irish) is an Irish county in the province of Munster, located in the Mid-west of Ireland with County Clare to the north, County Cork to the south and County Kerry to the west. ...

At election times broadsheets and ballads sung to popular airs extolling the candidates were common, this one could still be recited and sung in the seventies:

• • The Ballad of D.D. Sheehan

Men of Mid-Cork prepare yourself before it is too late
And prove to Josie Devlin that you will not tolerate
To be represented by a henchman of his choice
But send him back from where he came in no uncertain voice.
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Say who is Billy Fallon or who heard of him before
From the village of Kilmichael to the cross at Donaghmore
Or far famed Ballingeary all over dell and glen
By the River Lee to Inniscarra where brave Mackey drilled his men.
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When the sheriff and his agent and the burly peelers came
To hunt you from your homesteads in the King of England’s name
Who was foremost in the struggle to stop that hellish work
But the gallant D.D. Sheehan ever member for Mid-Cork.
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Who negotiated purchase and secured you in your land
Free forever from the bailiff or the cruel eviction band
And brought joy and consolation to your children and your wives
Which they ever will remember to the finish of their lives.

Who obtained commodious dwellings for the hardy sons of toil
Not alone in this division but throughout the Holy Isle
For that very Act of Parliament would never see the loom
But for Mr. D.D. Sheehan and William O'Brien at Macroom.
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And will you now abandon him and let yourself be fooled
By that milk and water turncoat whose known as Dr. Goold
Or that sanctimonious auctioneer, that hypocrite jereen
The likes of which our county Cork had better never seen.
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Shout it back to Josie Devlin and his standing committee
To the laity and the clergy of every degree
That no power can damp your gratitude that burns in your souls
When you boldly vote for Sheehan and elect him at the poles.

Epilogue:

Mid-Cork sent its answer right back to the mob
To poor Billy Fallon who failed in his job
They wanted no Mollie to be their M.P.
They got what they wanted and that was D.D..
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Dominion Home Rule

In 1911 the All-for-Ireland Party specifically proposed Dominion Home Rule in a letter to Prime Minister Asquith as the wisest of all solutions for Ireland. Later in the Commons, Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster Unionist Party leader, acknowledged that concessions proposed by the AFIL for Ulster to participate in Home Rule as praiseworthy, adding that had they been earlier supported rather than thwarted by the Irish Parliamentary Party, Ulster's objections might have been overcome. A Dominion is a wholly self-governing or virtually self-governing state of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations, particularly one which reached that stage of constitutional development in the late 19th and early 20th centuries such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. ... Asquith was the name of two automobiles: Asquith (1901 automobile) Asquith (1981 automobile) There are also several notable people with the last name Asquith: Herbert Henry Asquith, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margot Asquith, the second wife of the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, the Prime Ministers son... Edward Carson HMSO image The Right Honourable Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, PC (February 9, 1854 – October 22, 1935) was a leader of the Irish Unionists, a Barrister and a Judge. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party ) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles. ... Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland. ... In 1882 Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, formed the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), replacing the Home Rule League, as a parliamentary party with strict rules. ...

During 1913-1914, D.D. was active in promoting an Imperial Federation League having as its immediate object a federal settlement of the Home Rule question. In May 1914, the AFIL resolutely resisted with all the strength at their command the violation of Ireland's national unity and as a final protest before history, abstained from voting on the final Third Home Rule Act, which had been amended to provide for the temporary exclusion of six Ulster counties. Imperial Federation was a mid-19th Century proposal to create a federated union in place of the existing British Empire. ... The word federal in a general sense refers to the nature of an agreement between or among two or more states, nations, or other groups to merge into a union in which control of common affairs is held by a central authority created by and with the consent of the... A United Ireland is the common demand of Irish nationalists, envisaging that the island of Ireland (currently divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) be reunited as a single political entity. ... The Government of Ireland Act 1914, more generally known as the Third Home Rule Act (or Bill) or the (Irish) Home Rule Act 1914, was an Act of Parliament passed by the British House of Commons in May 1914 which granted Ireland national self-government within the United Kingdom of...

Great War engagement

At the outbreak of World War 1 in August 1914 when war with Germany was declared, Sheehan gave support to William O'Brien's call for Irish recruitment, regarding service to be both in the interest of the Allied cause of a Europe free from tyranny as well as for an All-Ireland Home Rule settlement. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... William OBrien (2 October 1852–25 February 1928) was an Irish journalist, writer and politician, particularly associated with campaigns for land reform in Ireland during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ...

Lieut. Daniel J. Sheehan RFC. killed May 1917.

Lieut. Martin J. Sheehan RAF. (r) killed Oct. 1918.

In November despite being aged forty-one and father of a large family, he offered himself for enlistment, as did the National Volunteers and three other Irish nationalist M.Ps., one Stephen Gwynn and former M.P. Tom Kettle. He was gazetted as a lieutenant in the 9th (Service) Battalion, of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, practically raising this battalion of the newly formed 16th (Irish) Division. Lieut. ... Lieut. ... Lieut. ... Lieut. ... Lieut. ... Martin J. Sheehan (r), killed 1. ... The National Volunteers is the name taken by the group of the Irish Volunteers that sided with Irish Parliamentary Party leader John Redmond after the group split in the wake of the question of the Volunteers role in World War I. While Redmond took no role in the creation of... Stephen Lucius Gwynn (13 February 1864–1950) was an Irish journalist, biographer, poet and Nationalist politician. ... Thomas Michael Kettle (1880-1916) was an Irish writer, barrister, moderate (Home Rule Irish nationalist) politician, and economist. ... Symbol of the Austrian 14th Armoured Battalion in NATO code In military terminology, a battalion consists of two to six companies typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel. ... The Royal Munster Fusiliers consisted of two regular service and two reserve battalions prior to World War I. Subsequently it had a total of 11 raised battalions. ... (Redirected from 16th (Irish) Division) The British 16th (Irish) Division was a New Army division formed in Ireland in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. ...

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In the spring and summer of 1915 he undertook the organisation and leadership of special voluntary enlistment campaigns in County Cork, County Limerick, and County Clare. While opposing any question of conscription, he said he was not asking people to do anything or take any risks he was not prepared to share himself. County Cork (Contae Chorcaí in Irish) is the most southwesterly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. ... Limerick (Luimneach in Irish) is an Irish county in the province of Munster, located in the Mid-west of Ireland with County Clare to the north, County Cork to the south and County Kerry to the west. ... County Clare (Contae an Chláir in Irish) is in the Irish province of Munster. ...

Receiving a Captaincy and Company command in July 1915, he served with his battalion on the Western Front in France along the Loos salient as part of the British Expeditionary Force, contributing from early 1916 a series of widely quoted articles from the trenches to the London Daily Express and the Irish Times. Captain is both a nautical term and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... For most of World War I, Allied and German Forces were stalled at trenches on the Western Front. ... Loos-in-Gohelle is a commune of northern France. ... In military terms, a salient is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory. ... The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British army sent to France and Belgium in World War I and British Forces in Europe from 1939 - 1940 during World War II. The BEF was established by Secretary of State for War Richard Haldane following the Second Boer War in case the... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Trench warfare is a form of war in which both opposing armies have static lines of fortifications dug into the ground, facing each other. ... The Daily Express is a conservative, middle-market British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Express Newspapers, which is currently owned by Richard Desmond. ... The Irish Times is Irelands newspaper of record, launched in the late 1850s. ...

Deafness by shellfire and ill-health necessitated his transfer to the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion. His command noted "he has done really well in the trenches". Sheehan applied to be decommissioned in autumn 1916 but was retained as a Lewis gun trainer. He was hospitalised often. For the thrash metal band, see Artillery (band) Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ... The military term combat stress reaction (CSR) comprises the range of adverse behaviours in reaction to the stress of combat and combat related activities. ... The Lewis Gun was a pre-WWI era American design of machine gun most widely used by the British and Imperial armies that continued to see service all the way through to WWII. It is visually distinctive because of the wide tubular cooling shroud around the barrel, and the top...

A renewed application to be decommissioned was accepted in autumn 1917, the bulletin in the London Gazette stating that he "relinquished his commission on account of ill-health contracted on active service, and is granted the honorary rank of Captain, 13 January 1918". The London Gazette , front page from Monday 3 - 10 September 1666, reporting on the Great Fire of London. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

1918 SF. election poster cites Sheehan's Common's speech.

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1251x1630, 453 KB)1910 Sinn Fein Election Poster, quoting D.D. Sheehan. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1251x1630, 453 KB)1910 Sinn Fein Election Poster, quoting D.D. Sheehan. ... 1942 US government war poster. ...

Stepping down

Continuing to pursue Irish interests in parliament, he vehemently condemned British mishandling of Irish affairs, in April threatening in a dramatic anti-conscription speech "to fight you if you enforce conscription on us".
Later that year Sheehan expressed disillusionment at Britain's and the Irish Party's failure to agree on All-Ireland Home Rule.

When he and the AFIL party saw their League's political concepts for an All-Ireland settlement displaced by the path of militant physical-force and violence, they recognised the futility of contesting the December general elections. Together with his fellow M.Ps. he issued a manifesto stepping down in favour of Arthur Griffith's moderate Sinn Féin movement. Its Cork candidates were returned unopposed, Terence MacSwiney following Sheehan as M.P. for mid-Cork.
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Final stand for labour

In December 1918 he contested the general election as the Labour Party candidate for the Limehouse-Stepney division of London's East End, with a programme of "Land for fighters" aimed at returning ex-servicemen. He polled well but was unsuccessful, as over a million servicemen abroad were unable to vote. His programme was nevertheless put into effect by the government at the end of January. He paved the way for his successor in this constituency, the later Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Retiring from politics in 1920 he eaked out a living in journalism after a calamitous financial engagement in an Achill Island (Mayo) mineral venture. The United Kingdom general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918, after the Representation of the People Act 1918. ... The Labour Party has been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom since the early 20th century (see British politics). ... Limehouse Town Hall in 2004 Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Stepney is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London. ... Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951. ... Keem bay on Achill island is said to be one of the most beautiful beaches in Ireland. ...

In 1921, he published Ireland since Parnell, covering the period from Parnell to Sinn Féin (book may be read online or downloaded free under the Project Gutenberg, external link below). In London, unable to practice at the bar due to impaired hearing (sustained in the war), he became publisher and editor of The Stadium, a daily newspaper for sportsmen. Charles Stewart Parnell (June 27, 1846 – October 6, 1891) was an Irish political leader and one of the most important figures in 19th century Ireland and the United Kingdom; William Ewart Gladstone thought him the most remarkable person he had ever met. ... It has been suggested that Provisional Sinn Féin be merged into this article or section. ... Project Gutenberg (often abbreviated as PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works. ...

The closing chapter

In 1926, after being assured that the threats made against him in Cork were now lifted, he returned to Dublin with his ailing wife, who died soon afterwards. He became managing editor of the Irish Press and Publicity Services, in 1928 publisher and editor of the South Dubin Chronicle. His legal practice remained hindered by his hearing disabilities. In the 1930s, a renewed period of deteriorated ill-health due to the family bereavements and disruptions. Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ...

Committed to those he recruited, he helped ex-servicemen where he could, supporting Old Comrades Associations north and south of the Free State border; from 1940 he edited their annual journal. In 1942 he proposed himself to General Richard Mulcahy as candidate for Fine Gael in South Cork, which Mulcahy declined. In 1946 Sheehan published his spirited three page poem A Tribute and a Claim, honouring the Irish National Volunteers. Richard Mulcahy General Richard Mulcahy (1886 - 1971) was an Irish politician, leader of Fine Gael and Cabinet Minister. ... Fine Gael (IPA , though often mispronounced (approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... The National Volunteers is the name taken by the group of the Irish Volunteers that sided with Irish Parliamentary Party leader John Redmond after the group split in the wake of the question of the Volunteers role in World War I. While Redmond took no role in the creation of...

Personal background

Family

On 6 February 1894, he married Mary Pauline O'Connor, reigning Rose of Tralee, daughter of Martin O'Connor, Bridge Street, Tralee, County Kerry; victualler, publican and farm owner;
they had five sons:
Daniel J. (lieutenant RFC.), Martin J. (lieutenant RAF.), Michael J. (Brigadier Gen., O.B.E., CBE., Indian Army, Burma Campaign), Patrick A. (later Pádraig A. Ó Síocháin S.C.) (senior legal counsel), John F. (lieutenant colonel surgeon),
and five daughters:
Eileen (private governess), Pauline (died 18 months), Maureen (Ms. Frank Emmerson), Christine (Ms. Dr. Patrick Cremin) (1909-2002), Mona (Ms. Ruthland Barsby) (1912-200.).
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All family members settled in England, except Padraig A..
DD's one sister Mary Ann (Mrs. Eugene Daly) had three sons, Charles, Daniel, Eugene, whose families survive in the Kanturk area.
He died on 28 November 1948, at the age 75, while visiting his daughter Mona's home at Queen Anne Street, London, and was buried with his wife at the Glasnevin Cemetery. November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Glasnevin Cemetery is the main Catholic cemetery in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. ...

Sources and reading

Who's Who & Thom's Directory (1918); Hansard Common's Parliamentary Debates (1901-1918); Irish People (1905-1909); Cork Free Press (1910-1916); Daily Express 27 Jan. 1914 & 1916(8 issues); Irish Times 11 July 1916; London Gazette 12 Jan. 1918; Daily Sketch 3 Dec. 1918; Cork Examiner 29 Nov. 1948, The Times (London) 29 Nov. 1948, Cork County Southern Star 4 Dec. 1948, Kerryman 11 Dec. 1948, Irish Independent 29 Dec. 1948; Irish Times 16 Feb. 2001. Whos Who, ISBN 0-713-662-751, is an annual British publication by A & C Black of very short biographies of about 30,000 famous and/or important Britons, published since 1849. ... Hansard is the traditional name for the printed transcripts of parliamentary debates in the Westminster system of government. ... The Daily Express is a conservative, middle-market British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Express Newspapers, which is currently owned by Richard Desmond. ... The Irish Times is Irelands newspaper of record, launched in the late 1850s. ... The London Gazette , front page from Monday 3 - 10 September 1666, reporting on the Great Fire of London. ... The Daily Sketch was a national tabloid newspaper founded in Manchester in 1909 by Sir Edward Hulton. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ... The Kerryman is a weekly local newspaper published in Tralee, County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Irish Independents header consists of its name and a green harp The Irish Independent is Irelands best-selling broadsheet newspaper. ... The Irish Times is Irelands newspaper of record, launched in the late 1850s. ...

• William O'Brien: An Olive Branch in Ireland (1910)
• D. D. Sheehan: Ireland since Parnell (1921)
• Friedrich K. Schilling: William O'Brien and the All-for-Ireland League
  (thesis TCD. 1956)
• Joseph O'Brien: William O'Brien and the course of Irish politics (1976)
• Martin Staunton: The Royal Munster Fusiliers (1914-1919)
  (MA thesis UCD. 1986)
• Dan Bradley: Farm Labourers: Irish struggle (1988)
• Cork County Southern Star: Centenary issue 1889-1989
• P.A. Ó Síocháin S.C.: Ireland journey to freedom (1990)
• Terence Denmann: Ireland's unknown soldiers (1992)
• Patrick Maume: The long gestation (1999).

Compiled from personal documents, official records and publications. William OBrien (2 October 1852–25 February 1928) was an Irish journalist, writer and politician, particularly associated with campaigns for land reform in Ireland during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin - more commonly University College Dublin (UCD) - is Irelands largest university, with over 20,000 students. ... P.A. Ó Siocháin in 1985, age 80, modelling one of his Aran cardigans. ...

External links

• Works by D.D. Sheehan at Project Gutenberg

• [1] Homepage of the Irish Labour Party]
• [2] Homepage of the
  Royal Munster Fusilier's Association]
• [3] Homepage of the
  Bandon War Memorial Committee]
• [4] Homepage of Project-Gutenberg, read, download: "Ireland since Parnell"