Roger McHugh
Roger Joseph McHugh (24 July 1908 – 2 January 1987) was an Irish academic, author, playwright, politician and Irish Republican.
He was educated Our Lady's Bower, Athlone; Synge Street CBS, Dublin and University College Dublin (UCD).[1]
McHugh was a supporter of a minor Irish Republican political party Córas na Poblachta and a friend of Irish Republican Army leader Seamus O'Donovan. In 1939 McHugh was interned by the Irish Free State at the Curragh Internment Camp.[2]
He was elected to Seanad Éireann as an independent member in 1954 by the National University constituency.[3] He lost his seat at the 1957 election.[3]
In 1965 he became Professor of English at UCD and in 1966 he was appointed the first Professor of Anglo–Irish Literature and Drama.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Roger McHugh". University College Dublin Archives. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ MacEoin, Uinseann (1997), The IRA in the twilight years 1923-1948, Argenta Publications, Dublin, pgs 873-74 ISBN 0951117246
- ^ a b "Roger McHugh". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
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