Archie Heron

Archibald Heron (1894 – 10 May 1971) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade unionist. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1937 general election.[1] He lost his seat at the 1938 general election.[2] He was unsuccessful in both the 1927 General Elections in Leitrim–Sligo (Dáil constituency).

Archibald Heron was born in Portadown, County Armagh in 1894. He joined the IRB, and moved to Dublin in 1912 where he became involved in the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union.[3]

He was a longtime member of Dublin's famed United Arts Club.[4] He married Ina Connolly, daughter of the socialist republican revolutionary James Connolly. He served as a bodyguard for Michael Collins during the War of Independence.[5]

References
  1. "Archie Heron". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  2. "Archie Heron". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  3. Archibald (Archie) Heron Dictionary of Ulster Biography.
  4. A United Front by Brian O'Connell, Irish Times, August 22, 2011.
  5. James Connolly Heron
Trade union offices
Preceded by
William X. O'Brien		 Treasurer of the Irish Trades Union Congress
1925		 Succeeded by
William X. O'Brien


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