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Cathal Brugha

1874 - 1922

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Cathal Brugha (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkahəlˠ ˈbˠɾˠuː]; born Charles William St John Burgess; 18 July 1874 – 7 July 1922) was an Irish republican politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1919 to 1922, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann in January 1919, the first president of Dáil Éireann from January 1919 to April 1919 and Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army from 1917 to 1918. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1922. He was active in the Easter Rising, the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War, and was the first Ceann Comhairle (chairperson) of Dáil Éireann as well as the president of Dáil Éireann, the then title of the head of government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cathal Brugha is the 16,170th most popular politician (down from 15,493rd in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 249th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cathal Brugha ranks 16,170 out of 19,576. Before him are Reiner Haseloff, George J. Mitchell, Faustin Twagiramungu, Daniel Akaka, Nikolaos Morakis, and Walther Schreiber. After him are Josep Pintat Solans, Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, Zehava Gal-On, Bärbel Bas, José Montilla, and Jaime de Marichalar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Cathal Brugha ranks 219. Before him are Guido Balzarini, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, Paul Van Asbroeck, Émile Reuter, Frank Knox, and Auguste Giroux. After him are Victor Sonnemans, Hans Reissner, Ottó Hellmich, Josiah McCracken, Ivan Moskvin, and Manuel María Ponce Brousset. Among people deceased in 1922, Cathal Brugha ranks 123. Before him are Serapio Calderón, Gaston Bonnier, Takamine Jōkichi, Lev Chugaev, A. V. Dicey, and August Palm. After him are Gösta Runö, Pál Simon, Anna Missuna, Alfred Capus, John Butler Yeats, and Liberato Marcial Rojas.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Cathal Brugha ranks 276 out of 549. Before him are Brian Shawe-Taylor (1915), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Eoin Colfer (1965), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), Nahum Tate (1652), and John O'Shea (1981). After him are Jacksepticeye (1990), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), Stuart Townsend (1972), David Kennedy (1953), Tim O'Reilly (1954), and Stephen Hunt (1981).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Cathal Brugha ranks 45. Before him are Liam Cosgrave (1920), John Bruton (1947), Garret FitzGerald (1926), Charles Haughey (1925), W. T. Cosgrave (1880), and James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665). After him are John A. Costello (1891), Jack Lynch (1917), Albert Reynolds (1932), Peter Sutherland (1946), Thomas Fitzsimons (1741), and William Hobson (1792).

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