Captain Anthony John Charles Donelan was a soldier and Irish nationalist MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for East Cork, 1892-1910, and East Wicklow, 1911-18. Donelan came from an Irish Protestant landlord family who had extensive property and a strong military tradition. His father was Colonel of the 48th Regiment, and his grandfather was killed in action at the Battle of Talavera in the Peninsular War.

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  • Captain Anthony John Charles Donelan was a soldier and Irish nationalist MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for East Cork, 1892-1910, and East Wicklow, 1911-18. Donelan came from an Irish Protestant landlord family who had extensive property and a strong military tradition. His father was Colonel of the 48th Regiment, and his grandfather was killed in action at the Battle of Talavera in the Peninsular War. His mother was Sarah, daughter of John Johnson of Holbeach, Lincolnshire. Donelan was educated privately and at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and was commissioned into the Norfolk Regiment, being stationed for some time at Corfu. He was elected unopposed at East Cork as an Anti-Parnellite MP in the general election 1892 and 1895, and continued to be elected unopposed as a Nationalist in the general elections 1900, 1906 and January 1910, after the reunification of the Irish Parliamentary Party in 1900. However in December 1910 election he was opposed by William O'Brien, whose All-for-Ireland Party was strong in Co. Cork. Although Donelan defeated O’Brien by 3,173 votes to 1,834, he was unseated following an election petition. He then swapped seats with John Muldoon at East Wicklow, Donelan and Muldoon both being returned unopposed at by-elections in July 1911. For many years Donelan was Chief Whip of the Irish Party. He retired at the general election of 1918. His funeral at Midleton, Co. Cork, on Sunday 14 September 1924 was attended by thousands of people.
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  • Captain Anthony John Charles Donelan was a soldier and Irish nationalist MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for East Cork, 1892-1910, and East Wicklow, 1911-18. Donelan came from an Irish Protestant landlord family who had extensive property and a strong military tradition. His father was Colonel of the 48th Regiment, and his grandfather was killed in action at the Battle of Talavera in the Peninsular War.
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  • Anthony Donelan
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