16 Facts About Denis McCullough

Denis McCullough was a prominent Irish nationalist political activist in the early 20th century, who served as President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1915 to 1916.

Denis McCullough was elected to fill the vacant seat of the President of the IRB late in 1915, a position he held during the Easter Rising of 1916, though he took no active role in the rising itself.

Denis McCullough was not a member of the Military Committee that was responsible for its planning.

Denis McCullough stated in his application for an Irish military pension in 1937 that, 'I brought out my men in Belfast and mobilised them at Coalisland to cooperate with the Tyrone Volunteers in accordance with orders from Pearse and Connolly received by me.

Denis McCullough led Volunteers in his area to Dungannon, County Tyrone, from where they would link up with Liam Mellows in Connacht.

Denis McCullough was arrested that week and taken to Richmond Barracks, Dublin.

Denis McCullough spent several months interned at Frongoch internment camp and imprisoned in Reading Gaol.

Denis McCullough felt he was sidelined during the Rising, and left the IRB.

Denis McCullough was an ordinary volunteer in the Irish War of Independence, during which he was arrested and imprisoned by the British several times and held for long periods.

Denis McCullough was imprisoned from May 1918 to March 1919 and again from September 1920 to January 1921 and finally from late January to December 1921.

Denis McCullough was unaware that Michael Collins continued to covertly arm the IRA in Ulster until August 1922, partly to protect nationalists there and partly to try to bring down the Northern Irish state.

Denis McCullough later settled in Dublin in the new Irish Free State.

Denis McCullough distinguished himself in forming the New Ireland Assurance Company.

Denis McCullough was an unsuccessful Sinn Fein candidate at the 1918 general election for the Tyrone South constituency.

On 20 November 1924, Denis McCullough stood as the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate at a by-election in the Donegal constituency, following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Peter Ward.

Denis McCullough was elected to the 4th Dail, but did not stand again at the next general election, held in June 1927.