Patrick McGilligan (1889-1979), Irish politician and lawyer. 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

Patrick McGilligan was born on April 12, 1889 in Coleraine, County Derry. He was educated in Derry, at Clongowes Wood in Dublin and at University College Dublin. He joined Sinn Féin but was unsuccessful in his attempt to be elected as a MP in 1918. McGilligan was called to the bar in 1921. In 1923 he was elected as a Cumann na nGaedhael TD. Between 1924 and 1932 McGilligan served as Minister for Industry & Commerce. In 1927 he set up the Electricity Supply Board, or ESB, and also the Agricultural Credit Corporation. That same year McGilligan also took over the External Affairs portfolio following the assassination of Kevin O'Higgins. In this position he was hugely influential at the Committee on the Operation of Dominion Legislation and at the Imperial Conference in 1930. The Statute of Westminster emerged from these meetings which gave greater power to dominions in the Commonwealth like the Irish Free State. April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Coleraine (Cúil Raithin in Irish) is a town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland at the mouth of the river Bann. ... For other places with similar names, see Londonderry (disambiguation) and Derry (disambiguation). ... Derry or Londonderry (in Irish , Doire Cholm Chille or Doire), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ... University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin - more commonly University College Dublin (UCD) - is Irelands largest university, with over 20,000 students. ... The name Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish), which means ourselves or we ourselves (not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone or we alone) has been applied to a series of political movements since 1905 in Ireland, each of which claim or claimed sole descent from the original... 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. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Cumann na nGaedheal (League of the Gaels) was an Irish language name given to two Irish political parties. ... A TD or Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas (pronounced orr-och-tas) or National Parliament. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) (Bord Soláthar na Leictreachais in Irish), sometimes called ESB Ireland to differentiate it from US utilities, is responsible for generating most of the electricity in the Republic of Ireland. ... ACCBank plc is a commercial bank in Ireland that focuses on agriculture, business and personal banking. ... Kevin Christopher OHiggins ( 7 June 1892- 10 July 1927), Irish politician. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and Irish...

During his period in opposition from 1932 to 1948 he built up a law practice and became professor of constitutional and international law at University College, Dublin. In 1948 McGilligan was appointed Minister for Finance in the first Inter-Party Government. Between 1954 and 1957 he served as Attorney-General. McGilligan retired from the Dáil in 1965 having served for over 40 years. 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin - more commonly University College Dublin (UCD) - is Irelands largest university, with over 20,000 students. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Attorney General (Irish: An Ard-Aighne) is the official adviser to the Irish Government in matters of law. ... Dáil Éireann[1] is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

Patrick McGilligan died in Dublin in 1979. Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath1),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located2 near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region3. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

Political Career

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