George Nicolls
Irish politician (1884–1942)
1925–1927
May 1921 – June 1927
Dublin, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Margaret MacHugh
(m. 1914)George Nicolls (1884 – 11 May 1942)[1] was an Irish politician and solicitor. In the lead-up to the 1916 Easter Rising, a rebel plan for Galway town was prepared at Nicolls' home at 2 University Road. He was arrested in Galway on Easter Tuesday before the local Irish Volunteers could be mobilised. He spent most of the period from 1916 to 1921 in prison in England.[2]
He was first elected unopposed at the 1921 elections for the Galway constituency as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil while still imprisoned.[3] In January 1922, he was appointed Assistant Minister for Home Affairs in the Government of the 2nd Dáil.[4]
Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty, he sided with Michael Collins and voted in favour of it. He was re-elected at the 1922 general election as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD.[5] At the 1923 general election, he was re-elected as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD. In the 4th Dáil, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence and served from January 1925 to May 1927. He did not stand at the June 1927 general election.[3]
Nicolls was married in Dublin in December 1914 to Margaret MacHugh.
References
- ^ "George Nicolls (1884–1942)". galwaydecadeofcommemoration.org. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "George Nicolls". advertiser.ie. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ a b "George Nicolls". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- ^ "History of Government – Second Dáil". Government of Ireland. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "George Nicolls". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
Intelligence files
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British Army military intelligence file for George Nicholls -
Prosecution of George Nicholls; Possession of Seditious Documents
External links
- "Nicolls, George" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 177 – via Wikisource.
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| New office | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence 1925–1927 | Succeeded by |
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Galway constituency
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||||||
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| 2nd | 1921 | Liam Mellows (SF) | Bryan Cusack (SF) | Frank Fahy (SF) | Joseph Whelehan (SF) | Pádraic Ó Máille (SF) | George Nicolls (SF) | Patrick Hogan (SF) | 7 seats 1921–1923 | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 1922 | Thomas O'Connell (Lab) | Bryan Cusack (AT-SF) | Frank Fahy (AT-SF) | Joseph Whelehan (PT-SF) | Pádraic Ó Máille (PT-SF) | George Nicolls (PT-SF) | Patrick Hogan (PT-SF) | |||||||||||
| 4th | 1923 | Barney Mellows (Rep) | Frank Fahy (Rep) | Louis O'Dea (Rep) | Pádraic Ó Máille (CnaG) | George Nicolls (CnaG) | Patrick Hogan (CnaG) | Seán Broderick (CnaG) | James Cosgrave (Ind) | ||||||||||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | Gilbert Lynch (Lab) | Thomas Powell (FF) | Frank Fahy[a] (FF) | Seán Tubridy (FF) | Mark Killilea Snr (FF) | Martin McDonogh (CnaG) | William Duffy (NL) | |||||||||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | Stephen Jordan (FF) | Joseph Mongan (CnaG) | ||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 1932 | Patrick Beegan (FF) | Gerald Bartley (FF) | Fred McDonogh (CnaG) | |||||||||||||||
| 8th | 1933 | Mark Killilea Snr (FF) | Séamus Keely (FF) | Martin McDonogh (CnaG) | |||||||||||||||
| 1935 by-election | Eamon Corbett (FF) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1936 by-election | Martin Neilan (FF) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9th | 1937 | Constituency abolished. See Galway East and Galway West | |||||||||||||||||
- ^ Frank Fahy served as Ceann Comhairle from 9 March 1932.
