Seán Tubridy
| Seán Tubridy | |
|---|---|
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office 23 June 1927 – 9 March 1932 |
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| Constituency | Galway |
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In office 21 July 1937 – 15 July 1939 |
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| Constituency | Galway West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1897 Galway, Ireland |
| Died | 15 July 1939 (aged 41–42) Galway, Ireland |
| Political party |
Fianna Fáil Muintir na Gaeltachta |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen Moira Ryan |
| Relations |
Catherine Andrews (daughter-in-law) Ryan Tubridy (grandson) |
| Children | 1 |
| Profession | Medical practitioner, politician |
Seán Tubridy (Irish: Seán Ó Tiobraide; 1897 – 15 July 1939) was an Irish politician and medical practitioner. Tubridy had two spells as a Fianna Fáil TD for Galway, from 1927–1932 and 1937–1939. His parents had originally moved to Carraroe in Connemara to teach at the local Irish-language school. Tubridy was also involved in Gaeltacht affairs and in the mid-1930s was a co-founder of Muintir na Gaeltachta, along with Peadar Duignan and Máirtín Ó Cadhain.
John Andrew Tubridy was born in 1897 at Galway, County Galway to Patrick Tubridy (1869–1920) and Jane Waldron (born 1868). He had only one sibling in the form of a young sister, Mary Margaret Patricia (born 1903). Seán's father was from Kilmurry Ibrickane, County Clare and his mother from Kilkelly, County Mayo; the two were Gaeilgoir and had moved to the Irish-speaking area of Connemara to teach at the Scoil Mhic Dara in Carraroe. They worked with Roger Casement and helped to set up a fund for free school dinners there. The two had a feud with a priest by the name of Fr. Healy and were attacked from the pulpit, but they received support from local parents.
Séan himself was a medical practitioner who fought against the epidemics of cholera, typhus and the Spanish Flu in Connemara. He married a Dublin-woman by the name of Kathleen Moira Ryan, daughter of Hugh Ryan, the Professor of Chemistry at University College, Dublin. The youngest of their three children was a son Patrick Tubridy, who married Catherine Andrews, the daughter of Todd Andrews, a prominent former member of the Irish Republican Army. Patrick himself had several children, including the broadcaster Ryan Tubridy.
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