Patrick John Little was an Irish Fianna Fail politician.
17 Facts About Patrick Little
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Patrick Little was educated at Clongowes Wood College, before later attending University College Dublin.
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Patrick Little was engaged in the independence struggle from an early stage.
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Patrick Little contested the constituency of Dublin Rathmines but lost to Unionist Maurice Dockrell, the only Unionist elected in the area that would become Irish Free State outside of Dublin University.
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Patrick Little remained in the background of Sinn Fein for the next number of years.
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Patrick Little opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and fought with the Four Courts Garrison during the Civil War.
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Patrick Little became the first editor of An Phoblacht in 1925.
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Patrick Little edited other republican newspapers including New Ireland, Eire and Sinn Fein.
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Patrick Little joined Fianna Fail shortly after its foundation in 1926.
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Patrick Little was first elected to Dail Eireann as a TD for the Waterford constituency at the June 1927 general election.
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Patrick Little was appointed Government Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for External Affairs in 1933.
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Patrick Little was appointed Minister for Posts and Telegraphs in 1939 and remained in this office until 1948, when Fianna Fail failed to form a government.
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Patrick Little was not reappointed to the cabinet when Fianna Fail returned to office in 1951.
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Patrick Little was the first chairman of the Arts Council from 1951 until 1956.
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Patrick Little was responsible for the development of the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra.
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Patrick Little was re-appointed to the Council by Eamon de Valera in 1959.
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Patrick Little is a grand-uncle of Green Party MEP Ciaran Cuffe.