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May 28, 1873 Kanturk, Munster, Ireland Died on 28 Nov 1948 (aged 75)
journalist, labour leader, Member of Parliament, barrister, army officer, author
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About D. D. Sheehan
- Daniel Desmond Sheehan, usually known as D.
- D.
- Sheehan (28 May 1873 – 28 November 1948) was an Irish nationalist, politician, labour leader, journalist, barrister and author.
- He served as Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland representing Mid-Cork from 1901 to 1918, a constituency comprising the districts of Ahadallane, Ballincollig, Ballyvourney, Blarney, Coachford, Farran, Inchigeelagh, Macroom, Millstreet and Shandangan.
- As co-founder and President of the Irish Land and Labour Association, he was credited with considerable success in land reform, labour reforms and in rural state housing.
- From 1909, he was General Secretary of the Central Executive of the All-for-Ireland League, favouring a policy of National reconciliation between all creeds and classes in Ireland.
- During World War I he served as Irish regiments officer with the 16th (Irish) Division in France, 1915–16.
- He resigned his parliamentary seat in 1918 and lived in England for several years, returning to Dublin following the ending of the civil war, when he was appointed editor of the Dublin Chronicle.
