Eamonn Cooney

Eamonn Cooney (1895 – 7 February 1975) was an Irish revolutionary, politician and trade union official with the Irish National Union of Vintners', Grocers' and Allied Trades Assistants.

Revolutionary period Cooney claimed membership of the Irish Volunteers in Belfast from 1914. During the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921), he was appointed a Staff Captain in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) general headquarters and was involved in intelligence work, raids and the defence of nationalist areas in Belfast.

Politics He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency at the September 1927 general election. He was re-elected at the 1932 and 1933 general elections. He lost his seat at the 1937 general election but was re-elected for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1938 general election. He did not contest the 1943 general election, but was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1944 general election.