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Tomás Mac Giolla (Irish pronunciation: [ˈt̪ˠʊmˠaːsˠ mˠək ˈɟɪl̪ˠə]; born Thomas Gill; 25 January 1924 – 4 February 2010) was an Irish Workers' Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1993 to 1994, Leader of the Workers' Party from 1962 to 1988 and President of Sinn Féin from 1962 to 1970.
The public face of Sinn Féin during the 1960s, Mac Giolla was an Irish speaker and practising catholic, a heavy smoker, but teetotaler, who contemporaries noted bore a 'marked physical resemblance' to a 'younger Eamon de Valera' ( Ir. Times, 23 June 1969). He was also a member of the IRA's army council.
5 de feb. de 2010 · TRIBUTES HAVE been paid to Tomás Mac Giolla, former president of the Workers Party and a leading figure in republican and left-wing politics for more than 50 years, who died yesterday at...
4 de feb. de 2010 · A leading figure in Irish republican and left-wing politics for more than half a century, Tomás Mac Giolla, former president of the Workers’ Party, died today at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. He was...
4 de ene. de 2024 · Tomás Mac Giolla, who was born 100 years ago on January 24th, was well known in Irish political life in the 1980s and 1990s, but his involvement goes back long before that and he played a central...
1 de ene. de 2020 · Tomás Mac Giolla: Republican, Socialist, Internationalist. 2010 The Workers' Party
4 de feb. de 2010 · Thu 4 Feb 2010 at 07:34. Former president of the Workers' Party, Tomas Mac Giolla, died today after a long battle with illness. The 86-year-old, TD Dublin West for 10 years from...
