Joseph Roddy
Irish politician (1897–1965)
Joseph Roddy | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 22 May 1957 – 14 December 1961 | |
| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 1948 – March 1957 | |
| Constituency | Sligo–Leitrim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1897 County Sligo, Ireland |
| Died | 3 October 1965(1965-10-03) (aged 67–68) County Sligo, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Relatives | Martin Roddy (brother) |
| Education | Summerhill College |
Joseph Roddy (1897 – 3 October 1965) was an Irish Fine Gael politician.[1]
Early and personal life
Roddy was born in 1897 at Kilmacowen, County Sligo, one of at least four sons and two daughters of Patrick Roddy, a farmer, and Jane Roddy (née O'Hara). He was educated at the local national school and at Summerhill College, Sligo town.[2] He never married.
His brother Martin Roddy served as a Fine Gael TD from 1925 to 1948.[2] From 1948 he was a director of Champion Publications, which owned The Sligo Champion.[2] He also farmed the family lands at Breeogue, County Sligo.
Political career
Roddy was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency at the 1948 general election. He retained his seat until losing it at the 1957 general election.,[3] but was elected to the 9th Seanad by the Industrial and Commercial Panel serving until 1961.
He was a member of Sligo County Council from 1948 until his death in 1965,[3] and served as its chairman from 1950 to 1951 and 1955 to 1965.
References
- ^ "Joseph Roddy". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
- ^ a b c White, Lawrence William. "Roddy, Martin". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Joseph Roddy". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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| 13th | 1948 | Eugene Gilbride (FF) | Stephen Flynn (FF) | Bernard Maguire (Ind) | Mary Reynolds (FG) | Joseph Roddy (FG) | |||||
| 14th | 1951 | Patrick Rogers (FG) | |||||||||
| 15th | 1954 | Bernard Maguire (Ind) | |||||||||
| 16th | 1957 | John Joe McGirl (SF) | Patrick Rogers (FG) | ||||||||
| 1961 by-election | Joseph McLoughlin (FG) | ||||||||||
| 17th | 1961 | James Gallagher (FF) | Eugene Gilhawley (FG) | 4 seats 1961–1969 | |||||||
| 18th | 1965 | ||||||||||
| 19th | 1969 | Ray MacSharry (FF) | 3 seats 1969–1981 | ||||||||
| 20th | 1973 | Eugene Gilhawley (FG) | |||||||||
| 21st | 1977 | James Gallagher (FF) | |||||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | John Ellis (FF) | Joe McCartin (FG) | Ted Nealon (FG) | 4 seats 1981–2007 | ||||||
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb) | Matt Brennan (FF) | |||||||||
| 24th | 1982 (Nov) | Joe McCartin (FG) | |||||||||
| 25th | 1987 | John Ellis (FF) | |||||||||
| 26th | 1989 | Gerry Reynolds (FG) | |||||||||
| 27th | 1992 | Declan Bree (Lab) | |||||||||
| 28th | 1997 | Gerry Reynolds (FG) | John Perry (FG) | ||||||||
| 29th | 2002 | Jimmy Devins (FF) | Marian Harkin (Ind) | ||||||||
| 30th | 2007 | Constituency abolished. See Sligo–North Leitrim and Roscommon–South Leitrim | |||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32nd | 2016 | Martin Kenny (SF) | Marc MacSharry (FF) | Eamon Scanlon (FF) | Tony McLoughlin (FG) | ||||
| 33rd | 2020 | Marian Harkin (Ind) | Frank Feighan (FG) | ||||||
