Séamus Dolan [SEP] date of death
Séamus Dolan
Séamus Dolan (10 December 1914 – 10 August 2010) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1961 to 1965, and a Senator from 1965 to 1969 and from 1973 to 1982. He was Cathaoirleach (chairman) of Seanad Éireann from 1977 to 1981.
Born in Gubaveeney, near Blacklion in County Cavan, he was a farmer and national school teacher before entering politics. Dolan was elected in 1961 to Dáil Éireann for the Cavan constituency (which he had
died 1990).
- 10 December – Séamus Dolan, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann 1977–1981 (died 2010).
- 31 December – Ernest Gébler, writer (died 1998).
- Full date unknown
- Aidan MacCarthy, doctor, RAF medical officer, captured by the Japanese during the Second World War (died 1992).
- Eddie McAteer, Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) MP (died 1986).
- Sydney Sparkes Orr, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania (died 1966