Eamon Corbett (1890 – 21 August 1945) was an Irish revolutionary and

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politician.

Revolutionary period

Corbett took part in the 1916 Easter Rising in County Galway with the

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. He escaped to the

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in September 1916 and was involved in republican circles until he returned to Ireland in November 1917. During an attempt to evade arrest in March 1918, Corbett fired at the police and was captured. He was imprisoned from September 1918 until September 1919. During the

Irish War of Independence The Irish War of Independence (), also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and Unite ...

, he took part in a number of operations and attacks on British forces. During the Truce period, Corbett was appointed Divisional Vice Commandant of 1 Western Division, IRA. Taking the anti-Treaty side in the

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, he was captured early on by National Army forces in July 1922 and interned in Limerick Prison and Newbridge Camp, County Kildare until early 1924. Corbett later applied to the Irish government for a service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 and was awarded 10 and 29/84 years service in 1936 at Grade C for his service with the Irish Volunteers and the IRA between 1 April 1916 and 30 September 1923.Irish Military Archives, Military Service (1916-1923) Pension Collection, Eamon Corbett, MSP34REF2878. Available online at http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/search.aspx?formtype=advanced.

Politics

He was elected to

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as a Fianna Fáil

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(TD) for the

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constituency at a 1935 by-election caused by the death of Martin McDonogh of

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. He lost his seat at the 1937 general election. He was re-elected for the Galway West constituency at the 1943 general election. He did not contest the 1944 general election.

References

1890 births 1945 deaths Fianna Fáil TDs Members of the 8th Dáil Members of the 11th Dáil Politicians from County Galway {{TeachtaDála-stub