Frank Drohan | |
|---|---|
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office May 1921 – 5 January 1922 | |
| Constituency | Waterford–Tipperary East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1879-08-13)13 August 1879 Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland |
| Died | 5 March 1953(1953-03-05) (aged 73) County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Party | Sinn Féin |
Frank Drohan (Irish:Proinsias O Druacháin;[1] 13 August 1879 – 5 March 1953) was an Irish revolutionary and politician.[2]
Born inCarrick-on-Suir, he moved to Clonmel with his family aged seven. Aged 12 he left school to work with his father, who was a coachmaker. In 1908 he was inducted intoCraobh na hAiséirghe ('branch of the revival') by Frank O'Meara.[3]
He founded a company of theIrish Volunteers inClonmel in 1913. His unit assembled for theEaster Rising in 1916 but the countermanding order issued byEoin MacNeill caused his men to disperse. He was arrested afterwards and interned atFrongoch camp. He was officer commanding of the 4th Battalion of theThird Tipperary Brigade (IRA) during theWar of Independence.[4]
He was elected unopposed at the1921 elections for theWaterford–Tipperary East constituency as aSinn FéinTeachta Dála (TD) in the2nd Dáil.[5]
He was personally opposed to theAnglo-Irish Treaty signed on 6 December 1921, but the local Sinn Féin branch instructed him to vote in favour; he felt the only honourable course was to submit his resignation, which was read out by theCeann ComhairleEoin MacNeill on 5 January 1922,[6] two days before theDáil voted to accept the Treaty.
He was a member of Clonmel Municipality from 1920 to 1925 and Mayor from 1922 to 1924. When the Clonmel branch of theGaelic League was re-established in 1932 he was elected president.[3]
Frank Drohan Road is the section of theN24 serving as an innerrelief road outsideClonmel.[7]