Patrick Brennan (police officer)

Patrick Brennan was an Irish Republican Army leader and Sinn Féin politician from Meelick, County Clare. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Clare constituency in the 2nd and 3rd Dáils.[1] He was interned after the Easter Rising. Brennan supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty.[2] He resigned from the Dáil on 13 December 1922.[1]

In May 1922, he was elected Garda Commissioner by the mutineers involved in the Civic Guard Mutiny, and later officially appointed Assistant Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.

References

  1. 1 2 "Mr. Patrick Brennan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Patrick Brennan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 March 2012.


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