Austin Stack (7 December 1879 – 27 April 1929) was an Irish revolutionary. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
Austin Stack was born in Ballymullen, Tralee, County Kerry. Tralee (Trá Lí (or Tráigh Lí is the county town of County Kerry, in the southwest corner of Ireland. County Kerry ( Contae Chiarraí in Irish) is a southwestern county of Ireland. He was educated at the Christian Brothers School in Tralee. The Congregation of Christian Brothers (officially in Latin: Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum) is a world-wide community of religious brothers within At the age of fourteen he left school and became a clerk in a solicitor's office. A gifted Gaelic footballer, he captained the Kerry team to All-Ireland glory in 1904. Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on He also served as President of the Kerry Gaelic Athletic Association County Board. The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh
He became politically active in 1908 when he joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood. The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic Republic" in the mid nineteenth In 1916, as commandant of the Kerry Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, he made preparations for the landing of arms by Roger Casement. The Irish Volunteers ( Óglaigh na hÉireann) was a military organisation established in 1913 by Irish nationalists. Roger David Casement (Ruairí Mac Easmainn 1 September 1864 &ndash 3 August 1916 ( Sir Roger Casement CMG between 1911 and until his execution for treason in August Although he was made aware that Casement was arrested and was being held in Tralee, he made no attempt to rescue Casement from Ballymullen Barracks at this time. District Inspector Kearney (RIC) treated Casement very well and made sure Stack was aware that Casement could so easily have been rescued, yet Stack refused to move. He (Stack) was arrested and sentenced to death for his involvement, however, this was later commuted to penal servitude for life. Penal labour or penal servitude is a form of Unfree labour. The term may refer to two different notions labour as a form of punishment and labour as a form of occupation Stack was released under general amnesty in June 1917 and was elected as an abstenionist Sinn Féin Member of Parliament for Kerry West in the 1918 Westminster election, becoming a member of the 1st Dáil. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. West Kerry was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1922 The Irish general election of 1918 was that part of the 1918 United Kingdom general election that took place in Ireland. Election result (Ireland only Members by constituency The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency of the MPs who agreed to be members of the First He was automatically elected as an abstenionist member of the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and a member of the 2nd Dáil as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála for Kerry–Limerick West in the Irish elections, 1921. House of Commons of Southern Ireland was the lower house of the Irish parliament created by the Government of Ireland Act, passed in 1920 during the Irish War Election result TDs by constituency The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency A Teachta Dála (ˈtʲaxtə ˈdɑːlə is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Oireachtas (Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. Kerry-Limerick West is a former Irish parliamentary Constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas Two elections in Ireland took place in 1921 as a result of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to establish the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and
He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, and took part in the subsequent Civil War. The Anglo-Irish Treaty (An Conradh Angla-Éireannach officially called the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was a Treaty The Irish Civil War ( June 28 1922 &ndash May 24 1923) pitted supporters of the Anglo-Irish Treaty against its opponents He was captured in 1923 and went on hunger strike for forty-one days before being released in July 1924. A hunger strike is a method of Non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political Protest, or to provoke feelings of
He was elected to the 3rd Dáil at the 1922 general election and subsequent elections as a Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD for the Kerry constituency. Composition of the 3rd Dáil TDs by constituency The list of the 128 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by constituency The Irish general election of 1922 took place in Southern Ireland on 16 June 1922 under the provisions of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty to elect a constituent assembly Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Kerry is a former Irish parliamentary Constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from When Éamon de Valera founded Fianna Fáil in 1926, Stack remained with Sinn Féin being re-elected to the Dáil in the June 1927 general election. Éamon de Valera (ˈeɪmən dɛvəˈlɛrə (born Edward George de Valera) (14 October 1882 &ndash 29 August 1975 was one of the dominant political figures in 20th century Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach shortened to Fianna Fáil ( is currently the largest Political party in the Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 ga '''Dáil Éireann''' ( English House of Representatives of Ireland) is the principal chamber of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament The Irish general election of June 1927 was held on 9 June 1927 He did not contest the September 1927 general election
Stack's health never recovered after his hunger strike and he died in a Dublin hospital on April 27, 1929, aged 49. The Irish general election of September 1927 was held on 15 September 1927 A hunger strike is a method of Non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political Protest, or to provoke feelings of Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Austin Stack Park in his home town of Tralee, one of the Gaelic Athletic Association's stadiums, is named in his honour. Austin Stack Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. Tralee (Trá Lí (or Tráigh Lí is the county town of County Kerry, in the southwest corner of Ireland. The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh
Political career
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Thomas O'Donnell | Sinn Féin MP Kerry West 1918–1921 | Succeeded by Constituency abolished |
| Oireachtas | ||
| Preceded by Newly created constituency | Sinn Féin TD for Kerry-Limerick West 1921–1923 | Succeeded by Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by Newly created constituency | Sinn Féin TD for Kerry 1923–1927 | Succeeded by Frederick Crowley (Fianna Fáil) |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Arthur Griffith | Secretary of State for Home Affairs 1921–1922 | Succeeded by Eamonn Duggan |
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