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'''Martin O'Dwyer''' (1886 – 18 November 1974) was an Irish politician.
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Martin O’Dwyer was born in Herbertstown in 1886 where he lived and farmed. He was a member of the Herbertstown Young Men’s Literary and Dramatic Society founded in 1904.
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He was an active member of the IRA during the war of independence
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He was arrested in 1920 at Caherguillamore House Grange Co Limerick.
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He played no part in the civil war despite being an opponent to the Treaty.
| office = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]]
He joined Fianna Fail on its formation in 1926, he also served on the party’s national executive.
| term_start = 9 February 1960
He was a Fianna Fail Councillor from 1945 to 1950
| term_end = 14 December 1961
Chairman of Limerick County Council 1945 to 1947
| term_start1 = 21 April 1948
As a famer he became very active in the co-operative movement. He was chairman of the Herbertstown Co-operative Diary Society from 1917 until his death in 1974. He was a founder member of Golden Vale in 1948 and served as its chairman from 1965 to 1974.
| term_end1 = 22 July 1954
He was a member of the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society, the Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society and the Mallow board of the Irish Beet Growers Association.
| term_start2 = 27 April 1938
| term_end2 = 8 September 1943
| constituency2 = [[Agricultural Panel]]
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'''Martin O'Dwyer''' (1886 – 18 November 1974) was an Irish politician. He was an [[Independent politician (Ireland)|independent]] member of [[Seanad Éireann]] from 1938 to 1943, 1948 to 1954, and from 1960 to 1961. He was first elected to the [[2nd Seanad]] in April 1938 by the [[Agricultural Panel]], and was re-elected in August 1938.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Martin-O'Dwyer.S.1938-04-27/|title=Martin O'Dwyer|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref>


He lost his seat at the 1943 Seanad election, but was re-elected at the 1948 election, and at the 1951 election.<ref name=oireachtas_db/> He lost his seat again at the 1954 election. He was elected to [[9th Seanad]] at a by-election on 9 February 1960, replacing [[Patrick Baxter (politician)|Patrick Baxter]]. He was defeated at the 1961 Seanad election.<ref name=oireachtas_db/>

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He was an [[Independent politicians in Ireland|independent]] member of [[Seanad Éireann]] from 1938 to 1943, 1948 to 1954, and from 1960 to 1961. He was first elected to the [[2nd Seanad]] in April 1938 by the [[Agricultural Panel]], and was re-elected in August 1938.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Martin-O'Dwyer.S.1938-04-27/|title=Martin O'Dwyer|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> He lost his seat at the 1943 Seanad election, but was re-elected at the 1948 election, and at the 1951 election.<ref name=oireachtas_db/> He lost his seat again at the 1954 election. He was elected to [[9th Seanad]] at a by-election on 9 February 1960, replacing [[Patrick Baxter (politician)|Patrick Baxter]]. He was defeated at the 1961 Seanad election.He enjoyed writing poetry and published translations of works from Spanish poets. The graveside orientation at his funeral was delivered by the then Fianna Fail TD for Limerick East, Des O’Malley.

Poetry: Martin O’Dwyer wrote a lot of verses while in prison. The following is his first
poem about Caherguillamore, called
“Shall We Forget”:

Shall we forget though the grave and the prison,
Darkly between us their shadows have thrown.
Past and Present
Shall we forget them who nobly arisen,
Stood on the ramparts of death all alone.
Fearless and few when the signals red glaring,
Flashed over Guillamore’s valley and wood.
Fearless and few but the fate and the daring,
Of Eire’s great soul in each bosom they stood.
Shall we forget the foes who beset them,
Well would have conquered the green hills of
Grange.
Be as low as her heroes when we shall forget them,
Our pride and our glory through storm and
change.
No, number their names for though Eire has many,
On her red roll of honour they too in the breath
Of the future will live from the youngest of any,
To him who was leader in life and in death.
Oh, weep not for him though he be silent forever,
His voice in the home of the land of his birth.
For he died as he would for his country and never
Was a spirit so beautiful formed on our earth.
Too fearless and fiery too noble and great
To live in the chains of a tyrant at ease.
Too true and unselfish, too simple and straight,
To rule in the calm hour of freedom and peace.
Oh, his spirit was set for the dread hour of battle,
As a star that illumes as it falls from the sky.
So its mission was there
mid the thunder’s deep rattle,
To flash o’er the pathway
to freedom and die.

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Latest revision as of 16:23, 27 February 2024

Martin O'Dwyer
Senator
In office
9 February 1960 – 14 December 1961
In office
21 April 1948 – 22 July 1954
In office
27 April 1938 – 8 September 1943
ConstituencyAgricultural Panel
Personal details
Born1886 (1886)
Died18 November 1974(1974-11-18) (aged 87–88)
Political partyIndependent

Martin O'Dwyer (1886 – 18 November 1974) was an Irish politician. He was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1938 to 1943, 1948 to 1954, and from 1960 to 1961. He was first elected to the 2nd Seanad in April 1938 by the Agricultural Panel, and was re-elected in August 1938.[1]

He lost his seat at the 1943 Seanad election, but was re-elected at the 1948 election, and at the 1951 election.[1] He lost his seat again at the 1954 election. He was elected to 9th Seanad at a by-election on 9 February 1960, replacing Patrick Baxter. He was defeated at the 1961 Seanad election.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Martin O'Dwyer". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 26 January 2014.


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