Jerry Cronin
Irish politician (1925–1990)
1969–1970
April 1965 – June 1981
7 June 1979 – 24 June 1984
Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland
County Cork, Ireland
Shelia Sheehan
(m. 1952)Jeremiah Cronin (14 September 1925 – 19 October 1990) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1] He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1965 general election as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-East constituency.[2] He was appointed to the Irish Government on one occasion, serving as Minister for Defence from 1970 to 1973 under Taoiseach Jack Lynch. Cronin retired from domestic politics at the 1981 general election, having been elected to the European Parliament for Munster, for a five-year term in 1979.
He was born in Currabeha, Fermoy, County Cork, the son of Alice Mulcahy and Sean Cronin.[3] His uncle, Arthur Mulcahy, was a member of the Irish Republican Army, and was shot by British forces during the Irish War of Independence on 22 March 1921.[4] Jerry Cronin died on 19 October 1990, having suffered with Parkinson's disease. He was married to Shelia Sheehan; they lived in Mallow, County Cork, and had six children.[3]
References
- ^ "Jeremiah Cronin". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ "Jerry Cronin". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ a b Cronin, Maurice. "Cronin, Jeremiah". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "War by the Irish", p.183, a collection by John McCann.
External links
- Personal profile of Jerry Cronin in the European Parliament's database of members
| Political offices | ||
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| New office | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries 1969–1970 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Jim Gibbons | Minister for Defence 1970–1973 | Succeeded by |
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Cork North-East constituency
This table is transcluded from Cork North-East (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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| 17th | 1961 | John Moher (FF) | Martin Corry (FF) | Philip Burton (FG) | Richard Barry (FG) | Patrick McAuliffe (Lab) | |||||
| 18th | 1965 | Jerry Cronin (FF) | |||||||||
| 19th | 1969 | Seán Brosnan (FF) | Gerard Cott (FG) | 4 seats 1969–1981 | |||||||
| 20th | 1973 | Liam Ahern (FF) | Patrick Hegarty (FG) | ||||||||
| 1974 by-election | Seán Brosnan (FF) | ||||||||||
| 21st | 1977 | ||||||||||
| 1979 by-election | Myra Barry (FG) | ||||||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North-West | |||||||||
