Cathal Brugha
| Cathal Brugha | |
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| President of Dáil Éireann | |
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In office 21 January 1919 – 1 April 1919 |
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| Preceded by |
Patrick Pearse (as President of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic 24–30 April 1916) |
| Succeeded by | Éamon de Valera |
| Chief of Staff, Irish Republican Army | |
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In office 27 October 1917 – March 1919 |
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| Succeeded by | Richard Mulcahy |
| Minister for Defence | |
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In office 1 April 1919 – 9 January 1922 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Mulcahy (1st time) |
| Succeeded by | Richard Mulcahy (2nd time) |
| Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann | |
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In office 21 January 1919 – 22 January 1919 |
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| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Count Plunkett |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 July 1874 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 7 July 1922 (aged 47) Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse(s) | Caitlín Kingston |
| Relations | Ruairí Brugha (son) |
| Children | 6 |
| Occupation | Clerk, Soldier |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
Irish Republican Brotherhood Irish Volunteers Irish Republican Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1922 |
| Rank | Chief of Staff |
| Battles/wars |
Easter Rising Irish War of Independence Irish Civil War |
Patrick Pearse (as President of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic
Cathal Brugha (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkahəɫ̪ bˠɾˠuː]; born Charles William St. John Burgess) (18 July 1874 – 7 July 1922) was an Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence, and the Irish Civil War and was the first Ceann Comhairle (chairman) of Dáil Éireann as well as the first President of Dáil Éireann, the then title of the chief of government.
Brugha was born in Dublin of mixed Roman Catholic and Protestant parentage. His father, Thomas, was a cabinet maker and antique dealer who had been disinherited by his family for marrying a Catholic. He was the tenth of fourteen children and was educated at the Jesuit Belvedere College but was forced to leave at the age of sixteen because of the failure of his father's business. He went on to set up a church candle manufacturing firm with two brothers, Anthony and Vincent Lalor, and took on the role of travelling salesman.
In 1899 Brugha joined the Gaelic League, and he subsequently changed his name from Charles Burgess to Cathal Brugha. He met his future wife, Kathleen Kingston, at an Irish class in Birr, County Offaly and they married in 1912. They had six children, five girls and one boy. Brugha became actively involved in the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and in 1913 he became a lieutenant in the Irish Volunteers. He led a group of twenty Volunteers to receive the arms smuggled into Ireland in the Howth gun-running of 1914.
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