Archie Heron

Archie Heron
Teachta Dála
In office
July 1937 – June 1938
ConstituencyDublin North-West
Personal details
Born(1896-08-29)29 August 1896
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland
Died10 May 1971(1971-05-10) (aged 74)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party
Spouse
Ina Connolly
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(m. 1920)​
Children2

Archibald Heron (29 August 1896 – 10 May 1971) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade unionist.

He was born in Portadown, County Armagh, to a presbyterian family, one of seven children of Samuel Heron, a physician and surgeon, and his wife Bessie (née Beck).[1] He was educated locally before moving to Belfast in 1912.[2] He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and moved to Dublin in 1912 where he became involved in the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union.[3]

During the Irish War of Independence he served as a bodyguard for Michael Collins[4]

In the 1937 general election, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency.[5] He lost his seat at the 1938 general election.[6] He was unsuccessful in both the 1927 general elections in Sligo–Leitrim.

He was a longtime member of Dublin's United Arts Club.[7]

He married Ina Connolly, daughter of the socialist republican revolutionary James Connolly. Their son Brian Samuel Connolly Heron (Brian o h-Eachtuigheirn) (1941-2011), was an organiser for the United Farm Workers in California. He was also a founding member in the United States of the National Association for Irish Justice which, in 1969, gained recognition as the U.S. support group for the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association.[8]: 115–116 [9]

References

  1. ^ "Births registered in the District of Portadown in the Union of Lurgan in the County of Armagh" (PDF). IrishGenealogy.ie. 12 January 1897. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. ^ Ferriter, Diarmaid. "Heron, Archibald". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Archibald (Archie) Heron". Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  4. ^ "James Connolly Heron (b. 1949)". Irish Life and Lore. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Archie Heron". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Archie Heron". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  7. ^ O'Connell, Brian (22 August 2011). "A United Front". The Irish Times.
  8. ^ Hanley, Brian; Millar, Scott (2010). The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-102845-3.
  9. ^ "IN MEMORIAM - Brian o h-Eachtuigheirn (Brian Heron) 1941-2011". www.celticartscenter.com. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
Trade union offices
Preceded by Treasurer of the Irish Trades Union Congress
1925 		Succeeded by