Austin Stack
| Austin Stack | |
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| Minister for Home Affairs | |
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In office 1921–1922 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Griffith |
| Succeeded by | Eamonn Duggan |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office 1923–1927 |
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| Constituency |
Kerry Kerry–Limerick West (1921–1923) West Kerry (1918–1921) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 December 1879 Tralee, County Kerry |
| Died | 27 April 1929 (aged 49) Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
Austin Stack (7 December 1879 – 27 April 1929) was an Irish revolutionary and politician.
Stack was born in Ballymullen, Tralee, County Kerry. He was educated at the Christian Brothers School in Tralee. At the age of fourteen he left school and became a clerk in a solicitor's office. A gifted Gaelic footballer, he captained the Kerry team to All-Ireland victory in 1904. He also served as President of the Kerry Gaelic Athletic Association County Board.
He became politically active in 1908 when he joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood. In 1916, as commandant of the Kerry Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, he made preparations for the landing of arms by Roger Casement. He was made aware that Casement was arrested on Easter Saturday and was being held in Tralee. He made no attempt to rescue him from Ballymullen Barracks as this would have been futile and foolhardy. Nor did he receive orders to this end.
Stack was arrested and sentenced to death for his involvement in the Rising, however, this was later commuted to penal servitude for life. He was released under general amnesty in June 1917 and was elected as an abstentionist Sinn Féin Member of Parliament for Kerry West in the 1918 Westminster election, becoming a member of the 1st Dáil. He was automatically elected as an abstentionist member of the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and a member of the 2nd Dáil as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála for Kerry–Limerick West at the 1921 elections.
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