Dan Spring
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22 July 1910
Dan Spring | |
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 Spring, c. 1958 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary | |
| 1956–1957 | Local Government |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office June 1943 – June 1981 | |
| Constituency | Kerry North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Spring 22 July 1910 Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Died | 6 September 1988 (aged 78) Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Party | Labour Party |
| Other political affiliations | National Labour Party |
| Spouse |
Anna Laide (m. 1944) |
| Children | 6, including Dick and Donal |
| Relatives | Arthur Spring (grandson) |
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full-Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dan Spring (22 July 1910 – 6 September 1988) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry North constituency from 1943 to 1981.[1] He was a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government from 1956 to 1957. He was the father of Dick Spring, who led the Labour Party from 1982 to 1997.
Spring was born into a working-class family in Tralee, County Kerry in 1910.[2] He left school at the age of 14 and began his working life with a series of low-skilled jobs. When he was working at a mill, he became involved in the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU) and after a while became a trade union official. He married Anna Laide (1919–1997) in 1944, and they had six children.[3]
Sporting career
Spring was a Gaelic football player, and was the captain of the Tralee Kerins O'Rahilly's team with whom he won two Kerry Senior Football Championship titles in 1933 and 1939. He first played with Kerry when he won Munster and All-Ireland Junior titles in 1930.[4] He later joined the senior team where he won All-Ireland titles in 1939 and captain of the side when they won the All-Ireland final in 1940.
