Tomás Mac Giolla (born 25 January 1924) is an Irish politician. He is a former Teachta Dála (TD) and a current member of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers' Party of Ireland. Born Thomas Gill, he was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. His uncle T. P. Gill was an Member of Parliament (MP) and member of the Irish Parliamentary Party of Charles Stewart Parnell. Tomás's father Robert also stood unsuccessfully for election on a number of occasions.

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  • Tomás Mac Giolla (born 25 January 1924) is an Irish politician. He is a former Teachta Dála (TD) and a current member of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers' Party of Ireland. Born Thomas Gill, he was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. His uncle T. P. Gill was an Member of Parliament (MP) and member of the Irish Parliamentary Party of Charles Stewart Parnell. Tomás's father Robert also stood unsuccessfully for election on a number of occasions. His mother was Mary (née Hourigan). Mac Giolla was educated at the local national school in Nenagh before completing his secondary education at St. Flannan's College, Ennis, County Clare. It was while at St. Flannan's that he changed over to using the Irish language version of his name. He won a scholarship to University College Dublin where he qualified with a BA degree, followed by a B. Comm. In his early life Mac Giolla was an active republican. He joined Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) around 1950. He was interned by the Irish government during the IRA Border campaign of 1956 to 1962. He also served a number of prison sentences in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. In 1961, Mac Giolla unsuccessfully contested the Tipperary North constituency in the 1961 General Election for Sinn Féin. In 1962 he became president of Sinn Féin and was one of the people who successfully pushed the party to the left during the 1960s. In 1969 Sinn Féin split and Mac Giolla remained leader of Official Sinn Féin. It was also in 1962 that Tomás married May McLoughlin who was also an active member of Sinn Féin and Cumann na mBan, the women's section of the IRA. In 1977 the party changed its name to Sinn Féin the Workers Party and in 1982 it became simply The Workers Party. In the November 1982 general election Mac Giolla was elected to Dáil Éireann for his party. In 1988 he retired as party leader and was succeeded by Proinsias De Rossa. After the departure of six Workers Party TDs to form the new Democratic Left party in 1992, Mac Giolla was the sole member of the Workers Party in the Dáil. He lost his Dáil seat in the general election later that year by a margin of just 59 votes. In 1979, Mac Giolla was elected to Dublin Corporation for the Ballyfermot ward. He was re-elected as Alderman in 1985 and was again elected in 1991. He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1993 to 1994 and remained a member of Dublin Corporation until 1998. A qualified accountant, Mac Giolla was employed by the Irish Electricity Supply Board from 1947 until he went into full time politics in 1977. Now in his eighties Mac Giolla continues to be active and recently was a member of the group which campaigned to save No. 16 Moore Street in Dublin city centre where the surrender of Padraig Pearse was completed. He also served on the Dublin '98 committee to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the 1798 Rebellion.
  • Tomás Mac Giolla ist ein irischer Politiker und gehörte von November 1982 bis 1992 dem Dáil Éireann, dem Unterhaus des irischen Parlaments an. Derzeitig ist er Mitglied des zentralen Exekutivkommittees der Workers' Party of Ireland. Tomás Mac Giolla wurde 1924 als Thomas Gill als Sohn von Robert und Mary geboren. Sein Onkel T. P. Gill war Abgeordneter und gehörte Charles Stewart Parnells Irish Parliamentary Party an. Tomás's Vater Robert kandidierte ebenfalls mehrmals erfolglos für die Partei. Mac Giolla besuchte die örtliche Schule in Nenagh und dann das St. Flannan's College in Ennis, County Clare. Während seiner Zeit in St. Flannan's änderte er seinen Namen von Thomas Gill in die irische Version Tomás Mac Giolla. Nach Beendigung der Schule studierte er am University College Dublin, wo er seinen Bachelor of Arts (B.A. ) und später auch den Bachelor of Commerce (B. Comm. ) erhielt. In seinen jungen Jahren war Mac Giolla ein aktiver Republikaner. So trat er um 1950 der Sinn Féin und der Irish Republican Army (IRA) bei. Im Jahr 1961 kandidierte er erfolglos für die Sinn Féin für einen Sitz im 17. Dáil Éireann. Ein Jahr später wurde er zum Vorsitzenden der Sinn Féin gewählt. Unter seiner Führung verfolgte die Partei in den 1960ern zeitweise einen marxistischen Kurs. 1970 spaltete sich Sinn Féin in zwei Parteien, wobei sich beide jeweils als einzig legitime Sinn Féin ansahen. Mac Giolla blieb Vorsitzender der Official Sinn Féin. 1977 wurde die Official Sinn Féin dann in Sinn Féin, the Workers Party umbenannt. Im Jahr 1982 erfolgte die nächste Umbenennung, diesmal in Workers' Party. Bei den Wahlen November 1982 gelang es Mac Giolla für die Workers' Party in den Dáil Éireann gewählt zu werden. 1988 trat er vom Posten des Parteivorsitzenden zurück und wurde von Proinsias De Rossa abgelöst. 1989 erreichte die Partei den Höhepunkt ihres politischen Einflusses, als es ihr gelang sieben im Dáil Éireann zu erringen. Nachdem es jedoch 1992 zur Spaltung kam und die sechs anderen Abgeordneten zur Democratic Left wechselten, verblieb Mac Giolla als einziges Mitglied der Workers' Party im Dáil. Bei den Wahlen zum Dáil Éireann im späteren Verlauf des Jahres konnte er sein Mandat nicht verteidigen. Neben seiner Abgeordnetentätigkeit war er auch im Stadtrat von Dublin (Dublin Corporation, heute Dublin City Council) aktiv. 1979 erstmal gewählt, erfolgten 1985 sowie 1991 jeweils seine Wiederwahl. Mac Giolla gehörte der Dublin Corporation bis 1998 an. Von Juli 1993 bis Juli 1994 bekleidete er dort das Amt des Oberbürgermeisters der Stadt (Lord Mayor of Dublin).
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  • Tomás Mac Giolla (born 25 January 1924) is an Irish politician. He is a former Teachta Dála (TD) and a current member of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers' Party of Ireland. Born Thomas Gill, he was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. His uncle T. P. Gill was an Member of Parliament (MP) and member of the Irish Parliamentary Party of Charles Stewart Parnell. Tomás's father Robert also stood unsuccessfully for election on a number of occasions.
  • Tomás Mac Giolla ist ein irischer Politiker und gehörte von November 1982 bis 1992 dem Dáil Éireann, dem Unterhaus des irischen Parlaments an. Derzeitig ist er Mitglied des zentralen Exekutivkommittees der Workers' Party of Ireland. Tomás Mac Giolla wurde 1924 als Thomas Gill als Sohn von Robert und Mary geboren. Sein Onkel T. P. Gill war Abgeordneter und gehörte Charles Stewart Parnells Irish Parliamentary Party an.
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