Edward McCullagh
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
- ^ "General Registrar's Office" (PDF). IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ISBN 1-85521-980-8
- ^ Michael Farrell, Northern Ireland: The Orange State
- ^ The Round Table, Vol XLI (1951)
- ^ Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
- ^ "Death of former Mid-Tyrone MP". Ulster Herald. 6 December 1986. p. 20.