19 Facts About Harry Boland

Harry Boland was an Irish republican politician who served as President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1919 to 1920.

Harry Boland served as a Teachta Dala from 1918 to 1922.

Harry Boland was elected at the 1918 general election as the MP for Roscommon South, but as with other Sinn Fein candidates, he did not take seat in the British House of Commons, serving instead as a TD in the First Dail.

Harry Boland was re-elected in 1922 as an Anti-Treaty candidate, but was killed two months later in the Irish Civil War.

Harry Boland was born at 6 Dalymount Terrace, Phibsborough, Dublin, on 27 April 1887, the son of Irish Republican Brotherhood member James Harry Boland and Kate Woods.

Harry Boland was active in GAA circles in early life, and refereed the 1914 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Harry Boland joined the IRB at the same time as his older brother Gerry in 1904, following in the footsteps of his father, uncle and probably grandfather.

Harry Boland was educated at the Synge Street CBS, but had a personality clash with one of the brothers so he refused to carry on his attendance at the school.

Harry Boland then went to De la Salle College, County Laois, as a novice.

Harry Boland later joined the Irish Volunteers along with Gerry and his younger brother Ned.

At the 1918 general election, Harry Boland was elected as an MP for the Roscommon South seat.

Harry Boland left Ireland for the United States of America along with de Valera as part of a campaign to raise awareness and support for their cause in America.

Harry Boland negotiated a loan of $20,000 from the Irish Republic to the Soviet Republic through the head of the Soviet Bureau, Ludwig Martens, using some Russian jewellery as collateral.

Two officers entered his room and Harry Boland, who was unarmed, was shot and mortally wounded during a struggle:.

Harry Boland died the next day in St Vincent's Hospital on 1 August 1922.

Harry Boland's brother, Gerald Harry Boland, was a prominent member of Fianna Fail and later served as Minister for Justice.

Harry Boland's nephew, Harry Boland, was a basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Harry Boland died on 18 December 2013, at the age of 88.

Harry Boland had a sister, Kathleen, who was entrusted, with her mother, with the safekeeping of jewels received from Russian diplomats as collateral for a loan made by the provisional government to the new Russian state in April 1920.