T. P. Gill
Irish journalist and politician (1858–1931)
Thomas Patrick Gill (25 Oct 1858 – 19 January 1931) was a journalist and politician. A member of the Irish Parliamentary Party in the late 19th and early 20th century, he was also a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons representing the South Louth constituency unopposed from 1885 to 1892.
Life
Gill was born 25 October 1858, in Ballygraigue, Nenagh, County Tipperary, the eldest son of Robert Gill, a civil engineer. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and became a journalist, firstly as editor of the Catholic World magazine of New York, and an associate editor of the North American Review, 1883–85. In 1882, he married Annie Fennell of Dublin, they had three children. His uncle Peter Gill had unsuccessfully contested the County Tipperary constituency.
Gill was a friend and political ally of Charles Stewart Parnell. After the death of Parnell he remained with the Irish Parliamentary Party. He worked with Horace Plunkett in developing the Irish co-operative movement. He was member and honorary secretary to the 1895 Recess Committee which led to the formation of both the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland (DATI), and the Vocational Education Committees (VEC).
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