1. John McQuillan was an Irish politician, trade unionist and army officer.
10 Facts About Jack McQuillan
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Jack McQuillan was born in Ballyforan, County Roscommon in 1920, the eldest of seven childlen.
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Jack McQuillan's father, Thomas Francis McQuillan was a Royal Irish Constabulary sergeant, and later became a school teacher, while his mother Anne was a national school teacher who came from a Republican family.
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Jack McQuillan was educated at Roscommon CBS, Summerhill College, Sligo, and St Clement's Redemptorist College, Limerick.
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Jack McQuillan was a member of the Roscommon county team that won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1943 and 1944.
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Jack McQuillan began a career as an officer in the Irish Army though resigned to work as a local government official.
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Jack McQuillan was elected to Dail Eireann on his first attempt as a Clann na Poblachta Teachta Dala for the Roscommon constituency at the 1948 general election.
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Jack McQuillan was re-elected at the 1951,1954 and 1957 general elections as an independent TD.
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Jack McQuillan resigned the Labour Party whip in 1967 and did not seek re-election at the 1969 general election, and retired from his Roscommon County Council seat in 1974.
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Jack McQuillan died on 8 March 1998 in Bray, County Wicklow.