Kathleen O'Callaghan

Kathleen O'Callaghan (née Murphy; October 1885 – 16 March 1961) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician and academic. She was born at the Old Forge, Lissandra, Crossmahon, Co.Cork, Ireland in 1885.[1] Educated at the Royal University of Ireland and Cambridge, before entering politics she was a member of Cumann na mBan.[2] In 1905 she married Michael O'Callaghan, who later became Mayor of Limerick and an IRA officer. He was killed in front of her by British forces in their home in 1921.[1][3]

Kathleen O'Callaghan
Photograph of O'Callaghan in her widow's attire, taken in 1921.
Teachta Dála
In office
May 1921 – June 1922
In office
June 1922 – August 1923
ConstituencyLimerick City–Limerick East
Personal details
Born
Kathleen Murphy

(1885-10-01)1 October 1885
Lissandra, Crossmahon, County Cork, Ireland
Died16 March 1961(1961-03-16) (aged 75)
Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland
Spouse(s)Michael O'Callaghan

She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) at the 1921 elections for the Limerick City–Limerick East constituency.[4] She voted against the Anglo-Irish Treaty and sided with Éamon de Valera. She was re-elected at the 1922 general election, this time as an Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD. In accordance with Sinn Féin abstentionist policy of the time, she did not take her seat in the 3rd Dáil. She lost her seat at the 1923 general election.[5]

References
  1. McCoole, S. (2003). No Ordinary Women: Irish Female Activists in the Revolutionary Years 1900 - 1923. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, p.190, 191.
  2. "Kathleen O'Callaghan". Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics. Retrieved 22 March 2007.
  3. "Letter of Mrs Kate O'Callaghan to Mr Éamon de Valera in 1937 in connection with the proposed Constitution". Discovering Women in Irish History. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2007.
  4. "Kathleen O'Callaghan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  5. "Kathleen O'Callaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 April 2009.


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