James Lennon
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James Lennon (died 13 August 1958) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician.
He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin MP for the Carlow constituency in the 1918 general election. In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann, though Lennon did not attend as he was in prison.[1] He again elected unopposed for the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency in the 1921 elections. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He stood unsuccessfully as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin candidate in the 1922 general election.
[edit] References
- ^ Roll call of the first sitting of the First Dáil (Irish). Dáil Éireann Historical Debates (19 January 1919). Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- This page incorporates information from this member's entry in the Oireachtas Members Database
[edit] External links
- James Lennon's electoral history (ElectionsIreland.org)
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