James Lennon

James (or Seamus) Lennon (c. 1881 – 13 August 1958) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician.

For the Irish-born Wisconsin politician, see James Lennon (Wisconsin).

Early life

Lennon was born in Cournellan, Borris, County Carlow.

Career

He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin MP for the Carlow constituency at the 1918 general election.[1] In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann, though Lennon did not attend as he was in prison.[2]

He again elected unopposed for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency at the 1921 elections. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He stood unsuccessfully as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin candidate at the 1922 general election.[3]

In later life, he was associated with the Irish Monetary Reform Association as its "founder and general secretary". In 1941 he was "responsible for the Irish National Monetary Reform Association issuing its historic constitution and manifesto". These documents were "influenced by and based on" the papal encyclicals Rerum Novarum and Quadragesimo Anno.[4]

In 1947, he named in the Irish Press as the Irish Monetary Reform Association nominee for the Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency) in the 1948 general election for the party. However, he did not contest the election. A party colleague, William Milner, ran in the neighbouring Laois–Offaly constituency.[5]

Death

Lennon died on 13 August 1958.[6]

References
  1. "James Lennon". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  2. "Roll call of the first sitting of the First Dáil". Dáil Éireann Historical Debates (in Irish). 21 January 1919. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  3. "James Lennon". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  4. "Kilkenny People". 22 August 1959 – via irishnewspapers.com.
  5. "The Irish Press". 10 December 1947. Retrieved 14 October 2016 – via irishnewspapers.com.
  6. "Civil Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths". General Registrar's Office. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Michael Molloy		 Member of Parliament for Carlow County
1918–1922		 Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Oireachtas
New constituency Teachta Dála for Carlow County
1918–1921		 Succeeded by
Constituency abolished


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