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Michael Hilliard - Wikipedia

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Michael Hilliard

Minister for Defence
In office 21 April 1965 – 2 July 1969
Taoiseach	Seán Lemass Jack Lynch
Preceded by	Gerald Bartley
Succeeded by	Jim Gibbons
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs
In office 23 June 1959 – 21 April 1965
Taoiseach	Seán Lemass
Preceded by	John Ormonde
Succeeded by	Joseph Brennan
Parliamentary Secretary
1958–1959	Industry and Commerce
Member of the European Parliament
In office January – February 1973
Constituency	Oireachtas Delegation
Teachta Dála
In office February 1948 – February 1973
Constituency	Meath
In office June 1943 – February 1948
Constituency	Meath–Westmeath

Personal details
Born	(1903-03-11)11 March 1903 Navan, County Meath, Ireland
Died	3 August 1982(1982-08-03) (aged 79) Navan, County Meath, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Kate McMahon (m. 1925)
Children	10, including Colm
Education	St Finian's College, Mullingar
Military service
Branch/service	Irish Republican Army Anti-Treaty IRA
Battles/wars	Irish War of Independence Irish Civil War

Michael Leo Hilliard (11 March 1903 – 3 August 1982) was an Irish revolutionary and later Fianna Fáil politician.^[1]

Early life and revolutionary period

He was born 11 March 1903 in Navan, County Meath, fifth child of James Hilliard, a farmer and cattle dealer, and Mary Hilliard (née O'Brien). He was educated at St Finian's College, Mullingar, he left in 1920 to take part in the IRA's independence campaign. As Company Captain of Navan Company, 4 Battalion, 2 Meath Brigade, in 1920 he was involved in enforcing the Belfast boycott, arms raids, blocking roads and burning of Robinstown Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks. In February 1921, Hilliard claims to have taken part in the execution of a suspected spy named “Chandeler” (sic) in Navan who was masquerading as a Michael O’Brien from Silvermines trying to join the IRA.^[2] In April 1921 was promoted to brigade intelligence officer^[3] and later Brigade Commandant. Hillard fought on the side of the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War.^[3]

He was arrested on 15 July 1922 but managed to escape soon after from Dundalk Jail with over 100 other IRA men. Hilliard took part in attacks on National forces until recapture in January 1923. During imprisonment, he went on hunger strike for 35 days. He recalled the experience as "a tremendous experience to have. Your mind gets crystal clear and you [are] in a sort in an ecstasy after about 21 days. You have day dreams and night dreams, you have such beautiful dreams. I can’t really explain it, but you can recall it as if you were looking at a film as to what happened to you from the very early days of your life".^[4] Hilliard was released in July 1924 and remained active in the IRA until about 1932, when he left to join Fianna Fáil. Hilliard later applied to the Irish government for a service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 and was awarded 5 and 1/6 years service in 1941 at Grade C for his service with the IRA between 1 April 1920 and 30 September 1923.^[5]

Political career

From 1934 he represented the party on Navan Urban District Council. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath–Westmeath constituency at the 1943 general election.^[6] During his career he served in the governments of Seán Lemass and Jack Lynch. During his tenure as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs Hilliard oversaw the introduction of a television service in Ireland, RTÉ. He served as Minister for Defence from 1965 to 1969.

He retained his Dáil seat at eight further general elections, switching to the Meath constituency after constituencies were revised for the 1948 general election. However, at the 1973 general election, he lost his seat to his party colleague Brendan Crinion. He did not contest any further Dáil elections.

While a TD in 1973, Hilliard was appointed a Member of the European Parliament as part of Ireland's short-lived first delegation.

His son Colm Hilliard was Fianna Fáil TD for Meath from 1982 to 1997.

References

^ "Michael Hilliard". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
^ See Hilliard's successful application for a military service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934. Available online at Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection - http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/search.aspx?formtype=advanced. Reference number MSP34REF59213
^ ^a ^b Coleman, Marie. "Hilliard, Michael Leo". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "'It was disastrous, I was wrong': 50-year-old tapes of interviews with Civil War veterans are made public". The Irish Times.
^ Irish Military Archives, Military Service (1916-1923) Pension Collection, Michael Hilliard, MSP34REF59213. Available online at http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/search.aspx?formtype=advanced.
^ "Michael Hilliard". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

Political offices
Preceded by Gerald Bartley	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce 1958–1959	Office abolished
Preceded by John Ormonde	Minister for Posts and Telegraphs 1959–1965	Succeeded by Joseph Brennan
Preceded by Gerald Bartley	Minister for Defence 1965–1969	Succeeded by Jim Gibbons

v t e Lemass cabinet (1959–1961)
Taoiseach: Seán Lemass
Frank Aiken Gerald Bartley Neil Blaney Kevin Boland Erskine H. Childers Patrick Hillery Michael Hilliard Jack Lynch Seán MacEntee Mícheál Ó Móráin James Ryan Paddy Smith Oscar Traynor

v t e Lemass cabinet (1961–1965)
Taoiseach: Seán Lemass
Frank Aiken Gerald Bartley Neil Blaney Kevin Boland Erskine H. Childers Charles Haughey Patrick Hillery Michael Hilliard Brian Lenihan Jack Lynch Seán MacEntee Mícheál Ó Móráin James Ryan Paddy Smith

v t e Lemass cabinet (1965–1966)
Taoiseach: Seán Lemass
Frank Aiken Neil Blaney Kevin Boland Joseph Brennan Erskine H. Childers George Colley Seán Flanagan Charles Haughey Patrick Hillery Michael Hilliard Brian Lenihan Jack Lynch Donogh O'Malley Mícheál Ó Móráin

v t e Lynch cabinet (1966–1969)
Taoiseach: Jack Lynch
Frank Aiken Neil Blaney Kevin Boland Joseph Brennan Erskine H. Childers George Colley Pádraig Faulkner Seán Flanagan Charles Haughey Patrick Hillery Michael Hilliard Brian Lenihan Donogh O'Malley Mícheál Ó Móráin

Ministers for Defence of Ireland

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Meath–Westmeath constituency

Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)
9th	1937		Matthew O'Reilly (FF)	Michael Kennedy (FF)	James Kelly (FF)	Charles Fagan (FG)	Patrick Giles (FG)
10th	1938				James Kelly (FF)
11th	1943				Michael Hilliard (FF)
12th	1944				Michael Hilliard (FF)
13th	1948	Constituency abolished. See Meath and Longford–Westmeath

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Meath constituency

Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)
4th	1923		Patrick Mulvany (FP)	David Hall (Lab)	Eamonn Duggan (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)		Matthew O'Reilly (FF)	David Hall (Lab)
6th	1927 (Sep)		Matthew O'Reilly (FF)	Arthur Matthews (CnaG)
7th	1932		James Kelly (FF)	Arthur Matthews (CnaG)
8th	1933		James Kelly (FF)	Robert Davitt (CnaG)	Matthew O'Reilly (FF)
9th	1937	Constituency abolished. See Meath–Westmeath

Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)			Deputy (Party)			Deputy (Party)
13th	1948		Matthew O'Reilly (FF)	Michael Hilliard (FF)	3 seats until 1977		Patrick Giles (FG)	3 seats until 1977
14th	1951		Matthew O'Reilly (FF)
15th	1954		James Tully (Lab)
16th	1957		James Griffin (FF)
16th	1959 by-election		Henry Johnston (FF)
17th	1961		James Tully (Lab)				Denis Farrelly (FG)
18th	1965						Denis Farrelly (FG)
19th	1969						John Bruton (FG)
20th	1973			Brendan Crinion (FF)
21st	1977					Jim Fitzsimons (FF)		4 seats 1977–1981
22nd	1981								John V. Farrelly (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)		Michael Lynch (FF)	Colm Hilliard (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)		Frank McLoughlin (Lab)
25th	1987		Michael Lynch (FF)			Noel Dempsey (FF)
26th	1989		Mary Wallace (FF)
27th	1992								Brian Fitzgerald (Lab)
28th	1997			Johnny Brady (FF)					John V. Farrelly (FG)
29th	2002								Damien English (FG)
29th	2005 by-election						Shane McEntee (FG)		Damien English (FG)
30th	2007	Constituency abolished. See Meath East and Meath West

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Conor Cruise O'Brien (LAB) Anthony Esmonde (FG) Michael Herbert (FF) Michael Hilliard (FF) Justin Keating (LAB) Charles McDonald (FG) Farrell McElgunn (FF) Tom Nolan (FF) Richie Ryan (FG) Michael Yeats (FF)

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