# Denis Cullen

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Irish trade unionist and politician (1878–1971)

Denis Cullen Teachta Dála In office June 1927 – September 1927 Constituency Dublin North Personal details Born (1886-08-19)19 August 1886 Donabate, County Dublin, Ireland Died 26 November 1971(1971-11-26) (aged 85) Dublin, Ireland Party Labour Party Spouse Mary Cullen Children 1

**Denis Cullen** (19 August 1886 – 26 November 1971) was an Irish [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(Ireland)) politician and trade union official.[1]

A baker by trade, during the 1910s he emerged as a leading figure in the Dublin branch of the [Irish Bakers' National Amalgamated Union](/source/Irish_Bakers'_National_Amalgamated_Union). At the 1918 national convention – at which the union's name was changed to the Irish Bakers, Confectioners, and Allied Workers Amalgamated Union – Cullen was elected national general secretary, commencing a twenty-five-year tenure (1918–1943), during which he was chief negotiator for both the national union and Dublin branch. He was also prominent in the leadership of the [Irish Trades Union Congress](/source/Irish_Trades_Union_Congress) (ITUC), serving almost continually on the national executive (1920–1939, 1940–1943), as treasurer (1929–1930), and for two terms as president (1925–1926, 1930–1931).[1]

In 1925 the Labour Party identified high taxation as a government weakness and decided to contest the [Dublin North](/source/Dublin_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)) and [Dublin South](/source/Dublin_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)) by-elections. Cullen, as general secretary of the [Irish Bakers, Confectioners and Allied Workers Amalgamated Union](/source/Irish_Bakers'_National_Amalgamated_Union), was candidate in Dublin North with [Thomas Lawlor](/source/Thomas_Lawlor_(politician)), Irish Municipal Employees Union, in Dublin South.[2] Neither of them were elected.[3]

He was elected to [Dáil Éireann](/source/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann) as a Labour Party [Teachta Dála](/source/Teachta_D%C3%A1la) (TD) for the [Dublin North](/source/Dublin_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)) constituency at the [June 1927 general election](/source/June_1927_Irish_general_election).[4] He lost his seat at the [September 1927 general election](/source/September_1927_Irish_general_election) having only served 3 months as a TD.[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dib_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dib_1-1) White, Lawrence William. ["Cullen, Denis"](https://www.dib.ie/biography/cullen-denis-a2276). *[Dictionary of Irish Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_Irish_Biography)*. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Taxation In Irish Free State, *The Times*, 19 January 1925.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-elecs_irl_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-elecs_irl_3-1) ["Denis Cullen"](http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1529). *ElectionsIreland.org*. Retrieved 11 November 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_4-0)** ["Denis Cullen"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Denis-Cullen.D.1927-06-23/). *Oireachtas Members Database*. Retrieved 11 November 2008.

Trade union offices Preceded by Robert Wilson General Secretary of the Irish Bakers, Confectioners and Allied Workers Amalgamated Union 1920s–1942 Succeeded by John Swift Preceded by William O'Brien President of the Irish Trades Union Congress 1926 Succeeded by J. T. O'Farrell Preceded by William O'Brien Treasurer of the Irish Trade Union Congress 1930 Succeeded by Luke Duffy Preceded by Thomas J. O'Connell President of the Irish Trade Union Congress 1931 Succeeded by Louie Bennett

v t e Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin North This table is transcluded from Dublin North (Dáil constituency). (edit | history) Dáil Election Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) 4th 1923 Alfie Byrne (Ind.) Francis Cahill (CnaG) Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (CnaG) Seán McGarry (CnaG) William Hewat (BP) Richard Mulcahy (CnaG) Seán T. O'Kelly (Rep) Ernie O'Malley (Rep) 1925 by-election Patrick Leonard (CnaG) Oscar Traynor (Rep) 5th 1927 (Jun) John Byrne (CnaG) Oscar Traynor (SF) Denis Cullen (Lab) Seán T. O'Kelly (FF) Kathleen Clarke (FF) 6th 1927 (Sep) Patrick Leonard (CnaG) James Larkin (IWL) Eamonn Cooney (FF) 1928 by-election Vincent Rice (CnaG) 1929 by-election Thomas F. O'Higgins (CnaG) 7th 1932 Alfie Byrne (Ind.) Oscar Traynor (FF) Cormac Breathnach (FF) 8th 1933 Patrick Belton (CnaG) Vincent Rice (CnaG) 9th 1937 Constituency abolished. See Dublin North-East and Dublin North-West Note that the boundaries of Dublin North from 1981–2016 share no common territory with the 1923–1937 boundaries. See §Boundaries Dáil Election Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) 22nd 1981 Ray Burke (FF) John Boland (FG) Nora Owen (FG) 3 seats 1981–1992 23rd 1982 (Feb) 24th 1982 (Nov) 25th 1987 G. V. Wright (FF) 26th 1989 Nora Owen (FG) Seán Ryan (Lab) 27th 1992 Trevor Sargent (GP) 28th 1997 G. V. Wright (FF) 1998 by-election Seán Ryan (Lab) 29th 2002 Jim Glennon (FF) 30th 2007 James Reilly (FG) Michael Kennedy (FF) Darragh O'Brien (FF) 31st 2011 Alan Farrell (FG) Brendan Ryan (Lab) Clare Daly (SP) 32nd 2016 Constituency abolished. See Dublin Fingal

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