Seán Broderick

Seán Broderick (1889 – 20 August 1953) was an Irish politician. He was Officer Commanding of the 4th Battalion, Galway Brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence.

Broderick came from Prospect Hill, Galway. In 1919, while an officer of the IRA in Galway, he was arrested by the Black and Tans after one of their number had been shot dead during an altercation at a railway station. He was summarily put against a wall, shot, and left for dead; however, he had only been lightly wounded and managed to escape and go on the run. He survived the war to lead the IRA into Renmore Barracks on the day the British left. Following the war of Independence, Broderick joined the National Army and retired in October 1923 to take his seat as a Teachta Dála (TD). He was re-elected at each subsequent election until lost his seat at the 1943 general election. From the 1937 general election onwards, he was elected as a Fine Gael TD for the Galway East constituency.