Richard Gogan
Richard "Dick" Gogan (29 November 1899 – 28 April 1982) was a member of the Irish Volunteers who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising.[1] In later life, he became a Fianna Fáil politician.[2] He was the son of William J Gogan and was married to Kitty Gogan.[3]
1916 Easter Rising
Gogan was a member of B company, 1st Battalion Irish Volunteers commanded by Edward Daly.[4] He saw action at Cabra and at the General Post Office (GPO).[5] On Easter Monday, 24 April 1916, he was part of a unit that were tasked to take control of three bridges into Dublin, at the North Circular Road, Cabra Road and Cross Guns Bridge on Phibsboro Road.[4] They came under machine gun and artillery fire from nearby British military units, and an artillery piece sprayed their barricade with shrapnel[6] after which they escaped and took shelter near Ben Eavin House in Glasnevin.[7] At some point in the early hours of 25 April 1916, he left along with Jack Price, PJ Corless and his brother Vincent.[7]
The next report of his participation in the Rising is at the GPO in Sackville (now O’Connell) Street.[8] Early in the morning of Friday 28 April, he volunteered as a stretcher-bearer to carry the wounded James Connolly out of the GPO, which was by then on fire. Under heavy machine-gun fire, he and two others (Sean Price and Paddy Ryan) carried Connolly to an Irish Volunteer position in a mineral water factory on Henry Place.[9]
Prior to the Rising, there is a report of Gogan working in a bomb factory at a house called 'Cluny'[10] in Clontarf which was used as a Irish Volunteers' munitions base.[11]
Political career
Gogan was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1954 general election, having previously unsuccessfully contested the 1948 and 1951 general elections.[12] Gogan held his seat at every subsequent election until he lost his seat at the 1977 general election in the new Dublin Cabra constituency.
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