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Irish politician (1882–1950)

Ross McGillycuddy

Senator
In office 27 April 1938 – 8 September 1943
Constituency	Agricultural Panel
Senator
In office 9 December 1931 – 29 May 1936

Personal details
Born	(1882-10-26)26 October 1882 County Kerry, Ireland
Died	26 April 1950(1950-04-26) (aged 67) County Kerry, Ireland
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Helen Courage (m. 1908)
Children	4
Education	Fettes College Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Awards	Distinguished Service Order Legion of Honour Mentioned in dispatches (4)
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1902–1919
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards Machine Gun Corps
Battles/wars	World War I

Ross Kinlough McGillycuddy (styled The McGillycuddy of the Reeks; 26 October 1882 – 26 April 1950) was an Irish politician.

He was educated at Fettes College and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, joined the Royal Field Artillery, and was posted to India in 1903. He married Helen Courage of Shenfield Place, Essex in 1908; they had four children. He was a lieutenant colonel in the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, and witnessed the first action in World War I in August 1914 at Casteau. He was mentioned in dispatches four times; and awarded a Distinguished Service Order and Legion of Honour for improving the mobility of the Vickers machine gun. Brigadier Beauvoir De Lisle ordered him to form the first 36 companies of the Machine Gun Corps.

He retired to Ireland on his father's death in 1921 and became a Kerry County Councillor in 1926. He was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1928 to 1936, and 1938 to 1943. He was elected at the 1928 Seanad election for three years, and re-elected at the 1931 Seanad election for nine years. He served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936. He was elected to the 2nd Seanad in 1938 on the Agricultural Panel and was re-elected to the 3rd Seanad.

During World War II he was at the same time a senator, an officer in the British Army and Chief of the Name. After McGillycuddy complained to the BBC, its 1949 Green Book of standards entered the stricture 'Do not mention the McGillycuddy of the Reeks or make jokes about his name'.

References

^ "The McGillycuddy of the Reeks". owenoshea.ie. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
"Page 575 | Supplement 29438, 11 January 1916 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
"Page 7093 | Supplement 30184, 13 July 1917 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
^ "McGillycuddy of the Reeks". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
"The McGillycuddy of the Reeks". Andrew Cusack. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

External links

"McGillycuddy, Lieut.-Col. Ross Kinloch" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 151 – via Wikisource.

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Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG)

Elected in 1928

3 years	Michael Comyn (FF) Seán MacEllin (FF) Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) Sir Walter Nugent (Ind)
6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Alfie Byrne (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Thomas Johnson (Lab) Sir Bryan Mahon (Ind) Richard Wilson (CnaG)
9 years	Kathleen Clarke (FF) Joseph Connolly (FF) Seán Milroy (CnaG) Joseph O'Doherty (FF) Séumas Robinson (FF) William Sears (CnaG)

Elected in 1925

6 years	John Counihan (CnaG)
9 years	Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG)
12 years	Henry Barniville (CnaG) Sir Edward Bellingham (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (CnaG) Michael Fanning (CnaG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (Ind) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (CnaG) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG)

Elected in 1922

9 years	William Barrington (Ind) Eileen Costello (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Alice Stopford Green (Ind) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Patrick W. Kenny (CnaG) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (Ind) William Molloy (Ind) Maurice George Moore (FF) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William O'Sullivan (CnaG)

Nominated by the President in 1922

12 years	Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (FF) Sir Thomas Esmonde (Ind) Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Marquess of Lansdowne (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected at by-elections

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
Mar. 1927 Patrick Hooper (Ind)
Apr. 1929 Sir Nugent Everard (Ind)
Jun. 1929 Kathleen Browne (CnaG)
Laurence O'Neill (Ind)
Oct. 1929 Richard A. Butler (Ind)
Dec. 1930 Michael Staines (CnaG)
May 1931 Arthur Vincent (Ind)
Nov. 1931 George Crosbie (CnaG)

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Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (Ind)

Elected in 1931

3 years	Kathleen Browne (CnaG) Eileen Costello (Ind)
6 years	William O'Sullivan (CnaG)
9 years	Michael Comyn (FF) John Counihan (CnaG) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Hugh Garahan (CnaG) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Seán MacEllin (FF) Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (CnaG) Daniel MacParland (FF) Maurice George Moore (FF) Laurence O'Neill (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William Quirke (FF) David Robinson (FF) Séamus Ryan (FF) Michael Staines (CnaG) Arthur Vincent (Ind)

Elected in 1928

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Alfie Byrne (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Thomas Johnson (Lab) Richard Wilson (CnaG)
9 years	Kathleen Clarke (FF) Joseph Connolly (FF) Seán Milroy (CnaG) Joseph O'Doherty (FF) Séumas Robinson (FF)

Elected in 1925

9 years	Thomas Westropp Bennett (Ind) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG)
12 years	Henry Barniville (CnaG) Sir Edward Bellingham (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (CnaG) Michael Fanning (CnaG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (Ind) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (CnaG) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG)

Nominated by the President in 1922

12 years	Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (FF) Sir Thomas Esmonde (Ind) Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected at by-elections

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
Jan. 1932 George Crosbie (CnaG)
Apr. 1933 Eamonn Duggan (CnaG)
Jan. 1934 Ernest Blythe (CnaG)
Raphael Keyes (FF)
Sep. 1934 Patrick Lynch (FF)

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Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (FG)

Elected in 1934

3 years	Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind)
6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind)
9 years	Patrick Baxter (FG) Thomas Westropp Bennett (FG) Ernest Blythe (FG) James Boyle (FF) Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind) Kathleen Browne (FG) James Charles Dowdall (FF) Eamonn Duggan (FG) Séamus Fitzgerald (FF) Oliver St. John Gogarty (FG) Denis Healy (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Thomas Johnson (Lab) Thomas Kennedy (Lab) Raphael Keyes (FF) Patrick Lynch (FF) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF) Richard Wilson (FG) Jennie Wyse Power (FF)

Elected in 1931

6 years

William O'Sullivan (FG)

9 years

Elected in 1928

9 years	Kathleen Clarke (FF) Joseph Connolly (FF) Seán Milroy (FG) Séumas Robinson (FF)

Elected in 1925

12 years	Henry Barniville (FG) Sir Edward Bellingham (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (FG) Michael Fanning (FG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (FG) Thomas Linehan (Ind) Joseph O'Connor (FG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (FG) James Parkinson (FG) Thomas Toal (FG)

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Cathaoirleach Seán Gibbons (FF) Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF)
Administrative Panel	Christopher Byrne (FF) Thomas Condon (Ind) Michael Hayes (FG) Richard Mulcahy (FG) John Newcome (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF)
Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (FG) William Caffrey (FG) Seán Gibbons (FF) John Nassau Greene (Ind) Patrick Kehoe (FF) Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) William O'Callaghan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) William Quirke (FF) Michael Twomey (Ind)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Patrick Doyle (FG) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Séamus Ó hEocha (Ind) Gearóid O'Sullivan (FG) James Parkinson (FG)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Daniel Corkery (FF) James Crosbie (FG) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Hearne (FF) Cornelius Kennedy (FG) John MacLoughlin (FG) Linda Kearns MacWhinney (FF) David Madden (FG) Brian O'Rourke (FG)
Labour Panel	John Butler (FG) Michael Conway (Ind) John Gaffney (Ind) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) Gilbert Hughes (FF) James Johnston (Ind) Thomas McShea (Ind) Seán Milroy (FG) James Tunney (Lab) David Walsh (Ind)
Dublin University	Ernest Alton (Ind) Joseph Johnston (Ind) Robert Rowlette (Ind)
National University	Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) Michael Tierney (FG)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Robert Farnan (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Douglas Hyde (Ind) Sir John Keane (Ind) Margaret L. Kennedy (FF) Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich (Ind) William Magennis (Ind) Frank MacDermot (FF) Maurice George Moore (FF) David Robinson (FF) Matthew Stafford (FF)
Elected or nominated later	May 1938 Patrick Keohane (Ind)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

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Cathaoirleach Seán Gibbons (FF) Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF)
Administrative Panel	Christopher Byrne (FF) Desmond FitzGerald (FG) Michael Hayes (FG) Denis Healy (FF) James McGee (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF)
Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Neal Blaney (FF) Michael Colbert (FF) John Counihan (Ind) Seán Gibbons (FF) Patrick Kehoe (FF) Dominick MacCabe (Ind) Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) William O'Callaghan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) William Quirke (FF)
Cultural and Educational Panel	James Crosbie (FG) Thomas Delany (Ind) Patrick Doyle (FG) Seán O'Donovan (FF) James Parkinson (FG)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Joseph Brennan (Ind) Martin Conlon (FG) Daniel Corkery (FF) James G. Douglas (Ind) Seán Goulding (FF) Peter Trainor Kelly (Ind) Seán MacEllin (FF) John MacLoughlin (FG) David Madden (FG)
Labour Panel	John Butler (FG) Seán Campbell (Lab) William Cummins (Lab) Thomas Foran (Lab) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) Patrick Hogan (Lab) James Johnston (Ind) Eamonn Lynch (Lab) Peter Lynch (Ind) James Tunney (Lab)
Dublin University	Ernest Alton (Ind) Joseph Johnston (Ind) Robert Rowlette (Ind)
National University	Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) Michael Tierney (FG)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Robert Farnan (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Sir John Keane (Ind) Margaret L. Kennedy (FF) Patrick Keohane (Ind) Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich (Ind) William Magennis (Ind) Frank MacDermot (FF) Maurice George Moore (FF) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) David Robinson (FF) Matthew Stafford (FF)
Elected or nominated later	1939 Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) 1940 Laurence O'Neill (Ind) 1941 Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

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