Life
1892-1993; son of Mayo coach-builder; joined Volunteers, 1913; Officer Commanding in South Mayo Brigade, 1920; successfully ambushed British contingent at Tourmakeady, inflicting 10 deaths to two, May 1921; elected to Dáil, May 1921; participated in handing of authority to IRA by Second Dáil, in 1939; later worked as insurance agent; gave his blessing to the Provisional Movement, 1969, and later to Rerpublican Sinn Féin after the split of 1986.
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Criticism
Ruairi Ó Brádraigh, The Story of Commt. General Tom Maguire and the Second (All Ireland) Dáil (Dublin: Irish Freedom Press 1998), 89pp.; see Martin Mansergh, ‘An Unfading Green: Mistaken Attemps to Deny Legitimacy to the New Ireland’ [review essay ], Times Literary Supplement, 10 July 1998, p.15.
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