Martin O'Sullivan

Martin O'Sullivan (1891 – 20 January 1956)^[1] was an Irish Labour Party politician.

Martin O'Sullivan
Teachta Dála
In office June 1943 – February 1948
Constituency	Dublin North-Central
In office June 1943 – February 1948
Constituency	Dublin North-West
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office 1943–1945
Preceded by	Peadar Doyle
Succeeded by	Peadar Doyle
Personal details
Born	1891 (1891) Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland
Died	20 January 1956(1956-01-20) (aged 64–65) Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse	Mary O'Sullivan
Children	3

He was born in 1891 in Ennistymon, County Clare. He was educated locally, and joined the Midland Great Western Railway as a clerk and worked in Sligo and Cavan before his appointment as station master at Recess, County Galway.^[2] After the amalgamation of the Midland Great Western and Great Southern railways, he was transferred to Dublin and later became chief paymaster at Inchicore railway works for Great Southern and Western Railway.^[1]

He was prominent in the trade union movement, and was secretary and chairman of the Irish Council of Railway Clerks Association, chairman of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, and a member of the national executive of the Irish Trades Union Congress.^[2]

In 1930, he was elected to Dublin Corporation, and served until 1950.^[1] He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1943 general election.^[3] He was re-elected at the 1944 general election, and at the 1948 general election he was elected for the new Dublin North-Central constituency. He lost his seat at the 1951 general election.^[4] He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1943 to 1945,^[5] the first member of the Labour Party to hold the position.^[1]

References

1. "Obituary". The Guardian. 21 January 1956. p. 2. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
2. Coleman, Marie. "O'Sullivan, Martin". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
3. "Martin O'Sullivan". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
4. "Martin O'Sullivan". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
5. "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

Civic offices
Preceded by Peadar Doyle	Lord Mayor of Dublin 1943–1945	Succeeded by Peadar Doyle