Archie Heron | |
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Teachta Dála | |
In office July 1937 – June 1938 | |
Constituency | Dublin North-West |
Personal details | |
Born | Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland | 29 August 1896
Died | 10 May 1971 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 74)
Political party | Labour Party |
Spouse |
Ina Connolly (
m. 1920) |
Children | 2 |
Archibald Heron (29 August 1896 – 10 May 1971) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade unionist.
He was born in Portadown, County Armagh, to a presbyterian family, one of seven children of Samuel Heron, a physician and surgeon, and his wife Bessie (née Beck). [1] He was educated locally before moving to Belfast in 1912. [2] He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and moved to Dublin in 1912 where he became involved in the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. [3]
He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1937 general election. [4] He lost his seat at the 1938 general election. [5] He was unsuccessful in both the 1927 general elections in Sligo–Leitrim.
He was a longtime member of Dublin's United Arts Club. [6] He married Ina Connolly, daughter of the socialist republican revolutionary James Connolly. He served as a bodyguard for Michael Collins during the Irish War of Independence. [7]