Dan Breen

Daniel Breen (August 11, 1894–December 27, 1969) was an Irish republican fighter and a Fianna Fáil politician. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 392 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (574 × 878 pixel, file size: 305 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dan Breen Chronology of the Irish... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 392 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (574 × 878 pixel, file size: 305 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dan Breen Chronology of the Irish... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in the Republic of Ireland with 55,000 members. ...

Dan Breen was born into a farming family in Grange, Donohill, County Tipperary. He was educated locally before becoming a plasterer, and later a linesman on the Great Southern Railway. Breen joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914. On January 21, 1919, the day the First Dáil met in Dublin, Breen took part in an ambush at Soloheadbeg. The ambush party, led by Seán Treacy, attacked a group of Royal Irish Constabulary men who were escorting explosives to a quarry and two policeman were shot dead during the engagement. The ambush is considered to be the first action taken in the Irish War of Independence. Grange stone circle, Ireland A grange was originally an area of land in Ireland some miles away from an urban-based monastery where in mediæval times food was grown for the monastery. ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: North: Nenagh South: Clonmel Code: North: TN South: TS Area: 4,303 km² Population (2006) 149,040[[1]] County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann in Irish) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, and situated in the province of Munster. ... // Gypsum plaster Plaster of Paris, or simply plaster, is a type of building material based on calcium sulfate hemihydrate, nominally (CaSOâ‚„)â‚‚*Hâ‚‚O. It is created by heating gypsum to about 150 ℃, 2(CaSOâ‚„ · 2Hâ‚‚O) → (CaSOâ‚„)â‚‚ · Hâ‚‚O + 3 Hâ‚‚O (released as steam). ... The Great Southern Railways was an Irish company that from 1925 until 1945 owned and operated all railways that lay wholly within the Irish Free State (the present-day Republic of Ireland). ... Irish Volunteers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The First Dáil (Irish: An Chéad Dáil) was Dáil Éireann as it convened from 1919–1921. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Sean Treacy was one of the leaders of the South Tipperary Brigade of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence. ... The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) was one of Irelands two police forces in the early twentieth century, alongside the Dublin Metropolitan Police. ... Combatants Irish Republic United Kingdom Commanders Michael Collins Richard Mulcahy Cathal Brugha Important local IRA leaders Henry Hugh Tudor Strength Irish Republican Army c. ...

During the war Breen had a £1,000 price on his head, however, he quickly established himself as a leader within the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Numerous stories are known about his heroism, one of which details the rescuing of his comrade Seán Hogan at gunpoint from a heavily guarded train at Knocklong station in County Limerick. Another incident occurred in Dublin when he shot his way out through a British military cordon in the northern suburb of Drumcondra (fernside) in which his comrade Volunteer Martin Savage was shot and killed and he himself was shot at least four times, one being in the lung for the second time (the first being in the knocklong rescue). Breen was elected to Dáil Éireann in 1923 as a Republican, anti-Treaty Teachta Dála (TD). This article is about the historical army of the self-proclaimed Irish Republic (1919–1922) which fought in the Irish War of Independence 1919-21, and the Irish Civil War 1922-23. ... Seán Hogans IRA Flying Column during the Irish War of Independence. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ... Drumcondra (Irish: Droim Conrach) is a fashionable residential area on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. ... Vol. ... The Dáil Chamber Dáil Éireann (pronounced ) is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... A Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas or National Parliament. ...

Breen published an account of his guerilla days, My Fight for Irish Freedom in 1924. He represented Tipperary and became the first anti-Treaty TD to take his seat in 1927. He was defeated in the June 1927 general election and decided to travel to the United States. He returned to Ireland shortly afterwards and regained his seat in the Dáil at the 1932 general election. He represented his Tipperary constituency without a break until his retirement at the 1965 election. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar). ... See also: Government of the 5th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1927 ... The Irish general election of 1932 was held on February 16, 1932, just over two weeks after the dissolution of the 6th Dáil on January 29. ... First time TDs David Andrews Michael OLeary See also Government of the 18th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1965 ...

He died in Dublin four years later and was buried in Donohill, near the place of his birth. His funeral was the largest seen in West Tipperary since his comrade in arms, Seán Treacy was buried at Kilfeacle in October, 1920. An estimated attendance of 10,000 mourners assembled in the tiny hamlet, giving ample testimony to the esteem in which he was held. Breen was the subject of a 2006 biography, Dan Breen and the IRA (Mercier Press), by Joe Ambrose.

External links

• Dan Breen's electoral history (ElectionsIreland.org)

This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database