Frank Kerlin

สถานที่: Dublin

เกิด: 1902

ความตาย: 1934

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James Kerlin, also known as Frank Kerlin, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and revolutionary. He was born in Dublin in 1902 and attended secondary school at Synge Street CBS, Dublin. He later studied in the National University of Ireland (University College Dublin) and joined the Fianna Éireann in 1915. During the Irish War of Independence, he transferred to C Company, 3 Battalion, Dublin Brigade, IRA in summer 1920. He was captured in June 1921 and held in Kilmainham Jail until release in early 1922. Re-joining his unit, Kerlin took the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War and in Autumn 1922 joined the General Headquarters (GHQ) staff. He was deputy Director of Intelligence during the Irish Civil War to Michael Carolan. Kerlin was captured in January 1923 by National forces but escaped shortly afterwards. He replaced Michael Carolan as IRA Director of Intelligence and served in that capacity from July 1925 to March 1927. Kerlin was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency at the September 1927 general election. He did not contest the 1932 general election. Kerlin died from TB aged 32 on 13 November 1934 at his residence 'Ardnashee' in Dundrum, County Dublin.