Nicholas Phelan

Nicholas Francis Phelan (19 September 1893 – 14 December 1942) was an Irish Labour Party politician. In 1918 Phelan was a organizer for the Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU).[1]The union successfully campaigned for wage increases and against the use of non union labor. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Waterford–Tipperary East constituency at the 1922 general election.[2] He did not contest the 1923 general election.[3]

References
  1. The Irish Revolution, 1912-1923, p.58, Pat McCarthy, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2015, ISBN 978-1-84682-410-4
  2. "Nicholas Phelan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  3. "Nicholas Phelan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 November 2008.


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