# Michael Davern > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michael_Davern > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michael_Davern.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Davern > Source revision: 1346059653 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Irish politician (1900–1973) Michael Davern Teachta Dála In office February 1948 – April 1965 Constituency Tipperary South Personal details Born (1900-07-23)23 July 1900 Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland Died 25 July 1973(1973-07-25) (aged 73) County Tipperary, Ireland Party Fianna Fáil Children Don, Noel Military service Branch/service Irish Volunteers Irish Republican Army Rank Staff captain Battles/wars Irish War of Independence **Michael J. Davern** (23 July 1900 – 25 July 1973) was an Irish [Fianna Fáil](/source/Fianna_F%C3%A1il) politician who served as [Teachta Dála](/source/Teachta_D%C3%A1la) (TD) for the [Tipperary South](/source/Tipperary_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)) constituency from 1948 to 1965.[1] He was born 23 July 1900 in Ballymore, [Cashel, County Tipperary](/source/Cashel%2C_County_Tipperary), son of Owen Davern, a shopkeeper, who was a member for many years of [South Tipperary County Council](/source/South_Tipperary_County_Council), and Johanna Davern (née Ryan).[2] After attending national school locally, Michael Davern joined the [Irish Volunteers](/source/Irish_Volunteers) at the age of 17 along with his brother Patrick. He was arrested for possession of [gelignite](/source/Gelignite) and was imprisoned in [Cork Prison](/source/Cork_Prison) and [Mountjoy Prison](/source/Mountjoy_Prison), Dublin, where he went on a 21 day [hunger strike](/source/Hunger_strike). He served in the [Irish War of Independence](/source/Irish_War_of_Independence) with the 3rd Tipperary brigade of the [IRA](/source/Irish_Republican_Army_(1919%E2%80%931922)), attaining the rank of [Staff captain](/source/Staff_captain). He suffered wounds during an engagement with [Black and Tans](/source/Black_and_Tans) at Ballagh, County Tipperary. Despite [anti-Treaty](/source/Anglo-Irish_Treaty) sympathies, he took no active part in the [Irish Civil War](/source/Irish_Civil_War).[2] He was elected to [Dáil Éireann](/source/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann) at the [1948 general election](/source/1948_Irish_general_election), and was re-elected at the [1951](/source/1951_Irish_general_election), [1954](/source/1954_Irish_general_election), [1957](/source/1957_Irish_general_election) and [1961](/source/1961_Irish_general_election) general elections.[3] Davern did not contest the [1965 general election](/source/1965_Irish_general_election) and was succeeded by his son [Don Davern](/source/Don_Davern). After Don's death in 1968, another son [Noel Davern](/source/Noel_Davern) was elected for Tipperary South at the [1969 general election](/source/1969_Irish_general_election).[2] For many years he operated a family-owned licensed business, Davern's Bar, on Main Street, Cashel. He died 25 July 1973 in Cashel, and was buried with military honours in St Cormac's cemetery.[2] ## See also - [Families in the Oireachtas](/source/Families_in_the_Oireachtas) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-0)** ["Michael Davern"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Michael-J-Davern.D.1948-02-18/). *Oireachtas Members Database*. Retrieved 16 August 2012. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dib_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dib_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-dib_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-dib_2-3) White, Lawrence William. ["Davern, Michael"](https://www.dib.ie/biography/davern-owen-don-bosco-don-a2416#co-subject-A). *[Dictionary of Irish Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_Irish_Biography)*. Retrieved 7 December 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-elecs_irl_3-0)** ["Michael Davern"](http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2363). *ElectionsIreland.org*. Retrieved 16 August 2012. v t e Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Tipperary South This table is transcluded from Tipperary South (Dáil constituency). (edit | history) Dáil Election Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) 13th 1948 Michael Davern (FF) Richard Mulcahy (FG) Dan Breen (FF) John Timoney (CnaP) 14th 1951 Patrick Crowe (FG) 15th 1954 16th 1957 Frank Loughman (FF) 17th 1961 Patrick Hogan (FG) Seán Treacy[a] (Lab) 18th 1965 Don Davern (FF) Jackie Fahey (FF) 19th 1969 Noel Davern (FF) 20th 1973 Brendan Griffin (FG) 21st 1977 3 seats 1977–1981 22nd 1981 Carrie Acheson (FF) Seán McCarthy (FF) 23rd 1982 (Feb) Seán Byrne (FF) 24th 1982 (Nov) 25th 1987 Noel Davern (FF) Seán Treacy[b] (Ind.) 26th 1989 Theresa Ahearn (FG) Michael Ferris (Lab) 27th 1992 28th 1997 3 seats from 1997 2000 by-election Séamus Healy (Ind.) 2001 by-election Tom Hayes (FG) 29th 2002 30th 2007 Mattie McGrath (FF) Martin Mansergh (FF) 31st 2011 Mattie McGrath (Ind.) Séamus Healy (WUA) 32nd 2016 Constituency abolished. See Tipperary ^ Treacy served as Ceann Comhairle in the 20th Dáil from 1973 to 1977, and was returned automatically at the 1977 election. He lost the Labour party whip in February 1985. ^ Treacy served as Ceann Comhairle in the 25th, 26th and 27th Dáil from 1987 to 1997, and was returned automatically at the 1989 and 1992 elections. Dáil Election Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) 34th 2024 Mattie McGrath (Ind.) Michael Murphy (FG) Séamus Healy (Ind.) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Michael Davern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Davern) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Davern?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.