Edward McCullagh

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Edward Vincent McCullagh (2 December 1912 – 28 November 1986) was a

.

He was born in the townland of Sheskinshule (Greencastle) in 1912, the son of Patrick McCullagh, merchant, and Maggie McGurk.[1]

McCullagh was a member of

Rural District Council and was active in his local Gaelic Athletic Association. In 1948, he won a by-election in Mid Tyrone and was elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the Nationalist Party. His chief interests in Parliament were farming and rural issues.[2]

McCullagh held his seat at the

Dáil, as elected representatives of territory it claimed.[3] A motion from Con Lehane proposing this was rejected.[4]

McCullagh lost his seat to the Anti-Partition candidate Liam Kelly at the 1953 general election.[5]

He died in 1986.[6]

References

  1. ^ "General Registrar's Office" (PDF). IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. ^ Michael Farrell, Northern Ireland: The Orange State
  3. ^ The Round Table, Vol XLI (1951)
  4. ^ Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
  5. ^ "Death of former Mid-Tyrone MP". Ulster Herald. 6 December 1986. p. 20.
Parliament of Northern Ireland
Preceded by
Member of Parliament for Mid Tyrone

1948–1953
Succeeded by