Peadar Cowan (1903-62): Westmeath Gaa Administrator and Political Maverick (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781846829703)

Imprisoned during the War of Independence, Peadar Cowan accepted the Anglo-Irish Treaty and served as an officer in the Irish army until 1931. While based in Athlone, he became involved in the Westmeath Gaelic Athletic Association. After retiring from the army, he became involved in fringe politics before joining the Labour Party and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to D疂l ﾉireann in the Meath-Westmeath constituency. He resigned from the Labour Party in 1944 and founded the short-lived radical socialist Vanguard organization. He was also involved in the Republican Prisoners' Release Association and was a founder member of Clann na Poblachta in July 1946. He retained his seat as an independent in 1951 and supported Fianna F疂l in the vote to form a new government. Cowan was unconditional in his support of Noel Browne and his doomed Mother and Child Scheme. In his second term in the D疂l, he was a lone voice when he raised the issue of institutional abuse. Cowan's personal and professional life unravelled in the late 1950s, he served a prison sentence and on his release wrote Dungeons deep, an analysis of the Irish prison system.

Author: Tom Hunt
ISBN-10: 1846829704
ISBN-13: 9781846829703
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2021
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.40d