Richard Mulcahy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Mulcahy

Irish politician

Date of Birth: 10-May-1886

Place of Birth: Waterford, Munster, Ireland

Date of Death: 16-Dec-1971

Profession: politician

Nationality: Ireland, Irish Free State

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Richard James Mulcahy (10 May 1886 – 16 December 1971) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and army general who served as Minister for Education from 1948 to 1951 and from 1954 to 1957, Minister for the Gaeltacht from June 1956 to October 1956, Leader of the Opposition from 1944 to 1948, Leader of Fine Gael from 1944 to 1959, Minister for Local Government and Public Health from 1927 to 1932 and Minister for Defence from January to April 1919 and from 1922 to 1924.
He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1938 and from 1943 to 1961. He was an army general and commander-in-chief of the Irish Republican Army.
He later served in the cabinets of W.
T.
Cosgrave and John A.
Costello.
He fought in the 1916 Easter Rising, served as Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence and became commander of the pro-treaty forces in the Irish Civil War after the death of Michael Collins.