Andrew Lavin
Andrew Lavin | |
|---|---|
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office August 1923 – June 1927 | |
| Constituency | Roscommon |
| In office May 1921 – August 1923 | |
| Constituency | Leitrim–Roscommon North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1891 |
| Political party | |
Andrew Lavin (c. 1891 – 26 March 1959) was an Irish politician and farmer.
During the Irish War of Independence, Lavin was attached to North Roscommon Brigade, Irish Republican Army and took part in the destruction of an RIC barracks, attacks on British forces and the manufacture of munitions.[1] He also claims to have been a member of the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood during 1919 and 1920.
He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Leitrim–Roscommon North constituency.[2] He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted in favour of it. He was elected as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD at the 1922 general election.[3] Joining the National Army in June 1922, he resigned from the Defence Forces in August 1923 while serving at the rank of Captain to stand as a Cumann na nGaedheal candidate in the Roscommon constituency at the 1923 general election. Lavin lost his seat at the June 1927 general election, and was also an unsuccessful candidate at the September 1927 general election.
Lavin, of 20 The Rise, Glasnevin, County Dublin, died aged 79 on 26 March 1959.
References
[edit]- ^ Irish Military Archives, Military Service (1916-1923) Pension Collection, Andrew Lavin, 24SP4060. Available online at http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/search.aspx?formtype=advanced.
- ^ "Andrew Lavin". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
- ^ "Andrew Lavin". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2008.