Patrick O'Keeffe (politician)
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Patrick O'Keeffe | |
|---|---|
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office May 1921 – June 1922 | |
| Constituency | Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West |
| In office December 1918 – May 1921 | |
| Constituency | Cork North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 July 1881 Cullen, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 21 September 1973 (aged 92) |
| Party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse | Cáit de Paor |
| Children | 2 |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Irish Volunteers |
| Battles/wars | Easter Rising |
Patrick O'Keeffe (Irish: Pádraig Ó Caoimh; 3 July 1881 – 21 September 1973) was an Irish politician, revolutionary and public servant.
O'Keeffe was born in the townland of Nohovaldaly, Cullen, County Cork, the son of Daniel John O'Keeffe and Bridget Sullivan.[1][2] He joined the Sinn Féin party led by Arthur Griffith, where he was at one time honorary secretary.[1] He fought in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was subsequently interned at Frongoch internment camp.[1] He was elected as a Sinn Féin MP for the Cork North constituency at the 1918 general election.[3] As such, he was a member of the First Dáil, though he could not attend the first meeting as he was in prison.[4]
He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West constituency at the 1921 elections. He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted for it. He did not contest the 1922 general election.[5]
He was deputy governor (and effectively in charge) of Mountjoy Prison during the Irish Civil War of 1922–1923, where he was popular with the prisoners, despite being on the opposing side.[1] In his vivid civil war memoir, The Gates Flew Open, Peadar O'Donnell devotes a chapter to how O'Keeffe was relentlessly mocked by the prisoners who called him 'Paudeen.'[6] He was assistant clerk of Seanad Éireann from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.[1]
Prosecution of Patrick O'Keefe, MP; seditious speech at a meeting; 11 May 1919
British Army intelligence file for Patrick O'Keefe
