Cormac Breslin

Cormac Breslin
Cormac Breslin
Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
	In office; 7 November 1967 – 14 March 1973
Deputy	Denis Jones
Preceded by	Patrick Hogan
Succeeded by	Seán Treacy
Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
	In office; 4 July 1951 – 7 November 1967
Ceann Comhairle	Patrick Hogan
Preceded by	Patrick Hogan
Succeeded by	Denis Jones
Teachta Dála
	In office; June 1969 – June 1977
Constituency	Donegal-Leitrim
	In office; October 1961 – June 1969
Constituency	Donegal South-West
	In office; July 1937 – October 1961
Constituency	Donegal West
Personal details
Born	25 April 1902; Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland
Died	23 January 1978 (aged 75); Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Antoinnette Wilman (m. 1923)
Children	10
Education	St Eunan's College

Cormac Michael Breslin (25 April 1902 – 23 January 1978) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1967 to 1973. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1937 to 1977.^[1]

He was born in Bunbeg, Gweedore, County Donegal.^[2] He was educated at St Eunan's College, Letterkenny and, while Leas-Cheann Comhairle, attended the Golden Jubilee there in September 1956.^[3]

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal West constituency at the 1937 general election.^[4] He was re-elected at every election until his retirement in 1977, switching constituency to Donegal South-West in 1961 and to Donegal–Leitrim in 1969. He served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1967 to 1973, and as Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 1951 to 1967. He is credited for helping found the industrial estate in Gweedore,^[2] and also the turf burning station—a source of employment in his local parish, which allowed local people to cut the turbary and sell it to the station operated by the Electrical Supply Board (ESB), situated in Min a Cuing.

In November 1931 he married Antoinette Wilman, and they had ten children.^[2]

References

^ "Cormac Breslin". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dempsey, Pauric J. "Breslin, Cormac". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ "The Golden Jubilee tinged with sadness". St. Eunan's College: 1906–2006. Browne Printers Ltd. 2006. p. 46.
^ "Cormac Breslin". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 July 2012.