{{Short description|Irish politician (died 1957)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | caption = | office = Teachta Dála | term_start = March 1957 | term_end = 26 June 1957 | term_start1 = May 1951 | term_end1 = May 1954 | constituency1 = Dublin North-Central | party = Fianna Fáil | birth_date = | birth_place = Derry, Ireland<ref name="My father"/> | death_date = 26 June 1957 | death_place = Dublin, Ireland | children = 4 | spouse = Peggy Gallagher | education = | alma_mater = }} '''Colm Gallagher''' (died 26 June 1957) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who was elected twice as Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin North-Central, in 1951 and in 1957.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Colm-Gallagher.D.1951-06-13/|title=Colm Gallagher|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=23 August 2012}}</ref>
His first candidacy was at the 1948 general election, where he was unsuccessful, winning just 3.3% of the first-preference votes and losing his deposit. At the 1951 general election, he tripled his share of the vote and won a second seat for Fianna Fáil in the three-seat constituency.<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2239|title=Colm Gallagher|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=23 August 2012}}</ref>
He lost his seat at the 1954 general election to the Labour Party's Maureen O'Carroll, but defeated her at the 1957 general election.
His death in June 1957,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1957-06-27/15/|date=27 June 1957|journal=Dáil Debates|volume=163|issue=2|publisher=Houses of the Oireachtas}}</ref> just three months after the general election, triggered a by-election on 14 November, which was won by an independent candidate, Frank Sherwin.
Prior to his involvement in politics, Colm Gallagher was active in the promotion and administration of amateur boxing and served as a referee at European level, including the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics (in London and Helsinki respectively).<ref name="My father">{{cite web|title=My father, Colm Gallagher|url=https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/256/contributions_207dab40_0040_013a_5d25_6eee0af411a4|website=Europeana|accessdate=2024-03-17}}</ref> He lived in Glasnevin and was married to Peggy Gallagher; they had three sons and one daughter.
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