Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1900–1943)
Martin Ryan (31 January 1900 – 22 July 1943) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary constituency at the 1933 general election.[1] He was re-elected at the 1937, 1938 and 1943 general elections.
He died while still in office in 1943.[2] No by-election was held for his seat, but his widow Mary Ryan was elected at the 1944 general election for the same constituency.[2]
Martin Ryan's family was involved in Irish nationalism and the GAA, his uncle was Canon Michael Kennedy Ryan.[3] His brother Patrick Ryan fought in the Irish War of Independence and on the Anti-Treaty side of the Irish Civil War, and was also elected as an Anti-Treaty TD in 1923 for Tipperary.[2]
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