Cormac Breathnach

Politician

– 1956

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Who was Cormac Breathnach?

Cormac Breathnach was an Irish politician and primary school teacher.

Breathnach served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1949–1950 and had been involved in the National Labour Party before being convinced to switch his political allegiances by Éamon de Valera, the founder of Fianna Fáil.

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1932 general election. From 1932 to 1937 he served as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for the Dublin North constituency. In 1937 he moved to the Dublin North–West constituency and served there until 1954. He did not contest the 1954 general election.

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Died
May 29, 1956
Dublin

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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