Dates

• Existence: 1889 - 1963

Biographical note

Tomás O’Donohoe (Thomas O’Donoghue) was born in 1889 and grew up on the south Kerry coast. O’Donohue joined the London branches of Conradh na Gaeilge, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and the Irish Volunteers before moving back to Ireland, arriving in Dublin on Good Friday 1916. He joined the republican garrison in the General Post Office under the command of The O’Rahilly. O’Donohoe was interned in Wandsworth, Wakefield, and Frongoch following his arrest after the Rising. After his release from prison, O'Donohoe joined the Cahersiveen Company of the Irish Volunteers and fought in the Irish War of Independence. During this time, O’Donohoe also entered politics as a member of Kerry County Council and was acting chairman of the Council in 1920. O’Donohoe opposed the Treaty and voted against it in the Dáil. He fought with the anti-Treaty forces during the Civil War and was imprisoned in 1923. O’Donahoe retired from politics at the general election of June 1927. After Fianna Fáil came to power in 1932, O’Donohoe secured a post in the civil service in Dublin, where he died in 1963.

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