J. J. Clancy (Sinn Féin)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other persons named J. J. Clancy, see J. J. Clancy (disambiguation).

Irish politician John Joseph Clancy (died January 1, 1932) was Sinn Féin member (Teachta Dála) of the First Dáil for County Sligo North, 1919-1921. In the general election of December 1918, he was elected as part of the Sinn Féin landslide, defeating the Nationalist Thomas Scanlan who had sat for the Sligo North seat since 1909, by 9,030 to 4,242. Like the other Sinn Féin members, J. J. Clancy did not take his seat at Westminster but took part in the revolutionary First Dáil. He sat for only one term and did not stand for election again. He was arrested and interned in Usk prison in May 1918, released then re-arrested and sentenced to three months imprisonment for unlawful assembly in April 1919.

He should not be confused with the Irish Nationalist politician J. J. Clancy (1847-1928), who sat for North County Dublin, 1885-1918.

[edit] Sources

Brian M. Walker (ed.), Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 1978
Dod’s Parliamentary Companion, London, 1920