An Generál Gearóid Ó Suilliobhain.
Born as Jeremiah O'Sullivan, the fourth son of Michael and Margaret McCarthy O'Sullivan, of Coolnagarrane, near Skibereen, Co. Cork.
A National School Teacher, at St. Peter's, Phibsboro, Dublin.
He raised the Irish Tri-colour over the GPO, at the start of the Easter Rising in 1916. He was the youngest IRB officer who fought in the GPO, being ADC to Seán Mac Diarmada.
He was one of those interned in Frongoch.
Adjutant-General of the Irish Republican Army.
T.D. For Carlow-Kilkenny, 1921
Adjutant-General of the Irish Free State Army, 1922.
He did not contest the 1923 General Election, and retired from military service in 1924 following the Army Crisis of 1923-24. He then qualified as a barrister, and commenced private practice.
He contested the bye-election caused by the assassination of Kevin O'Higgins in 1927, on behalf of Cumainn na nGaedhael. He held the seat until 1937.
In May 1940, he was appointed a Commissioner for the special purposes of the Income Tax acts, which post he held until shortly before his death.
His first wife Maud [Maeve] Kiernan, whom he married on 18 October 1922, was a sister of Kitty Kiernan Cronin who was the fiancee of Michael Collins at the time of his death in August 1922.
Maud died in 1940.
Marriage 2.
Gearoid O'Sullivan, a widower, a Lawyer, from The County Hotel, Harcourt Street, Dublin, son of Michael O'Sullivan, a Farmer, married Mary Brennan, a spinster, a Civil Servant, from Glen Rd. House, Glen Rd. Belfast, daughter of James Brennan, a Commercial Traveller, on 7 November 1942 at University Church, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin.
The witnesses were,
Michael Gearoid O'Sullivan,
Vera Brennan.
He was survived by Mary, and a son and three daughters from his first marriage.
Mary Brennan O'Sullivan died in 1984.
The headstone on the grave was unveiled on 24 April 1959 [the 43rd Anniversary of the Easter Rising] by Maj.-Gen. Piaras Beaslai. Beaslai fought in 1916, as second in command under Commdt. Ned Daly, at the Four Courts.
He was a relation of Peadar Ó hAnnracháin and a cousin of Julia Anne Barry O'Donovan, who was the mother of Donough O'Donovan
For an expanded biography, see the entry for him in The Dictionary of Irish Biography.
He was the Best Man at the wedding of his friend,
and Bridget Slattery
Death Certificate.
Gearoid O'Sullivan, aged 57, married, a Barrister-at-Law, died on 26 March 1948 at 11 St. Kevin's Park, Dartry.
The cause of death was Hypernephroma, 6 months, Myocardial Degeneration, 2 months 14 days, certified.
His death was registered on 30 March 1948 by Eoin O'Sullivan, brother, 201 Upper Rathmines Road.
Irish teacher, Irish language scholar, army officer, barrister and Sinn Féin and Fine Gael politician.
An Generál Gearóid Ó Suilliobhain.
Born as Jeremiah O'Sullivan, the fourth son of Michael and Margaret McCarthy O'Sullivan, of Coolnagarrane, near Skibereen, Co. Cork.
A National School Teacher, at St. Peter's, Phibsboro, Dublin.
He raised the Irish Tri-colour over the GPO, at the start of the Easter Rising in 1916. He was the youngest IRB officer who fought in the GPO, being ADC to Seán Mac Diarmada.
He was one of those interned in Frongoch.
Adjutant-General of the Irish Republican Army.
T.D. For Carlow-Kilkenny, 1921
Adjutant-General of the Irish Free State Army, 1922.
He did not contest the 1923 General Election, and retired from military service in 1924 following the Army Crisis of 1923-24. He then qualified as a barrister, and commenced private practice.
He contested the bye-election caused by the assassination of Kevin O'Higgins in 1927, on behalf of Cumainn na nGaedhael. He held the seat until 1937.
In May 1940, he was appointed a Commissioner for the special purposes of the Income Tax acts, which post he held until shortly before his death.
His first wife Maud [Maeve] Kiernan, whom he married on 18 October 1922, was a sister of Kitty Kiernan Cronin who was the fiancee of Michael Collins at the time of his death in August 1922.
Maud died in 1940.
Marriage 2.
Gearoid O'Sullivan, a widower, a Lawyer, from The County Hotel, Harcourt Street, Dublin, son of Michael O'Sullivan, a Farmer, married Mary Brennan, a spinster, a Civil Servant, from Glen Rd. House, Glen Rd. Belfast, daughter of James Brennan, a Commercial Traveller, on 7 November 1942 at University Church, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin.
The witnesses were,
Michael Gearoid O'Sullivan,
Vera Brennan.
He was survived by Mary, and a son and three daughters from his first marriage.
Mary Brennan O'Sullivan died in 1984.
The headstone on the grave was unveiled on 24 April 1959 [the 43rd Anniversary of the Easter Rising] by Maj.-Gen. Piaras Beaslai. Beaslai fought in 1916, as second in command under Commdt. Ned Daly, at the Four Courts.
He was a relation of Peadar Ó hAnnracháin and a cousin of Julia Anne Barry O'Donovan, who was the mother of Donough O'Donovan
For an expanded biography, see the entry for him in The Dictionary of Irish Biography.
He was the Best Man at the wedding of his friend,
and Bridget Slattery
Death Certificate.
Gearoid O'Sullivan, aged 57, married, a Barrister-at-Law, died on 26 March 1948 at 11 St. Kevin's Park, Dartry.
The cause of death was Hypernephroma, 6 months, Myocardial Degeneration, 2 months 14 days, certified.
His death was registered on 30 March 1948 by Eoin O'Sullivan, brother, 201 Upper Rathmines Road.
Irish teacher, Irish language scholar, army officer, barrister and Sinn Féin and Fine Gael politician.
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see the caption to the close up photo of the headstone for a translation
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