D. D. Sheehan
Daniel Desmond Sheehan, usually known as
D. D. Sheehan (28 May 1873 – 28 November 1948) was an Irish
nationalist, politician,
labour leader, journalist,
barrister and author. He served as
Member of Parliament (MP) in the
House of Commons of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland representing
Mid-Cork from 1901 to 1918, a
constituency comprising the districts of
Ahadallane,
Ballincollig,
Ballyvourney,
Blarney,
Coachford,
Farran,
Inchigeelagh,
Macroom,
Millstreet and
Shandangan. As co-founder and President of the
Irish Land and Labour Association, he was credited with considerable success in
land reform,
labour reforms and in rural
state housing. From 1909, he was General Secretary of the Central Executive of the
All-for-Ireland League, favouring a policy of National reconciliation between all creeds and classes in Ireland. During
World War I he served as
Irish regiments officer with the
16th (Irish) Division in
France, 1915–16. He resigned his parliamentary seat in 1918 and lived in England for several years, returning to
Dublin following the ending of the
civil war, when he was appointed editor of the ''Dublin Chronicle''.
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