Gill, Thomas Patrick--DB5047
Biographical Notes
Date of birth and date of death
Maiden name, place of origin
Ballygraigue, North Tipperary
Marital status, religious denomination, children
Catholic
Social background, family connections
Son of a civil engineer
Education, occupation and public functions
Education
Trinity College Dublin; Christian Brother's Kilkenny; Christian Brother's Ballygraigue
Occupation
Department of Agriculture: Secretary 1922-1923; Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland (DATI): First secretary 1900-1922; Dublin Daily Express: Editor; The Catholic World of New York, USA: Editor 1883-1885; The North American Review: Assistant editor 1883-1885; Journalist; Irish Homestead: Editor
Functions in agricultural institutions
Tenant Farmers Tipperary: Secretary 1878; Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (IAOS): Committee member; French Academy of Agriculture: Honorary member
Functions in other institutions
Recess Committee: Honorary secretary 1895-1896
Political activities
MP South Louth (Home Rule) 1885
Short Biography
References
Own publications
Sources
- Daly, Mary E., The First Department: A History of the Department of Agriculture, Dublin 2002, p. 2ff, 75, 554
- Hoctor, Daniel, The Department's History, Dublin 1971, p. 23, 26ff, 112-113, 130