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Richard Mulcahy

1886 - 1971

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Richard James Mulcahy (10 May 1886 – 16 December 1971) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and army general who served as Minister for Education from 1948 to 1951 and 1954 to 1957, Minister for the Gaeltacht from June 1956 to October 1956, Leader of the Opposition from 1944 to 1948, Leader of Fine Gael from 1944 to 1959, Minister for Local Government and Public Health from 1927 to 1932 and Minister for Defence from January to April 1919 and 1922 to 1924. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1938 and from 1943 to 1961 and a Senator from March 1938 to June 1938 and 1943 to 1944. He served in the cabinets of W. T. Cosgrave and John A. Costello. He was an army general who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising, served as Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence and became commander-in-chief of the National Army in the Irish Civil War after the death of Michael Collins. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Mulcahy is the 17,195th most popular politician (down from 16,316th in 2019), the 344th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 287th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Mulcahy ranks 17,195 out of 19,576. Before him are Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, Malcolm MacDonald, Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone, Hiroshi Abe, Jose W. Diokno, and Aleksandras Abišala. After him are Maksim Tarasov, Ted Lindsay, Iratxe García, Soumaïla Cissé, Meglena Kuneva, and Alfred Lindley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Richard Mulcahy ranks 294. Before him are Otto Authén, Harold Nicolson, Ardeshir Irani, Sophie Tucker, Jeanie MacPherson, and Spring Byington. After him are Crane Wilbur, Pauline Bush, Rudolf Degermark, Sam Langford, Clarence Birdseye, and Luis Alberni. Among people deceased in 1971, Richard Mulcahy ranks 238. Before him are Thomas C. Hart, Lucien Hubbard, Luigi Piotti, Bill Thompson, Spring Byington, and Jennison Heaton. After him are Libby Holman, Károly Weichelt, Robert Lowery, Cecil Parker, Ferenc Erdei, and Cyril Burt.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Mulcahy ranks 344 out of 549. Before him are William Henry Harvey (1811), Katie McGrath (1983), Michael O'Leary (1961), Paddy Moloney (1938), Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864), and Patricia Collinge (1892). After him are Christy Moore (1945), Duncan Hamilton (1920), Derek Daly (1953), Stephen Kelly (1983), Con Leahy (1876), and William J. Duane (1780).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Richard Mulcahy ranks 52. Before him are John A. Costello (1891), Jack Lynch (1917), Albert Reynolds (1932), Peter Sutherland (1946), Thomas Fitzsimons (1741), and William Hobson (1792). After him are William J. Duane (1780), Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Joseph Plunkett (1887), Seán Lemass (1899), Seán Mac Diarmada (1883), and Leo Varadkar (1979).

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