{{Short description|Irish trade unionist (1882–1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Michael Drumgoole | birth_date = {{birth date text|1882}} | birth_place = [[Croom, County Limerick|Croom]], [[County Limerick]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1960|5|24|1882}} | occupation = [[Trade unionist]] }}
'''Michael Drumgoole''' (1882 – 24 May 1960) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[trade unionist]].
Born in [[Croom]], [[County Limerick]], Drumgoole moved to New York in 1899, where he worked at [[Lord & Taylor]] and lived with his uncle. In 1902,<ref>''UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960''</ref> he returned to Ireland, where he joined the [[Irish Drapers' Assistants' Association]] (IDAA) in 1905. The IDAA was renamed the Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks (IUDWC), and Drumgoole was elected as its General Treasurer in 1920.<ref name="obituary">"Obituary: Mr. Michael Drumgoole", ''[[Irish Times]]'', 25 May 1960</ref> Alongside this, he was secretary of the union's Dublin and Drapery Buyers branches, until he was elected as General Secretary in 1934.<ref>"Secretary appointed", ''[[Irish Times]]'', 9 February 1934</ref>
Drumgoole was also active in the [[Irish Trades Union Congress]] (ITUC), serving on its general council from 1931, and as its President in 1936/37. However, in 1945, he led the IUDWC out of the ITUC as a founder constituent of the [[Congress of Irish Unions]], and served as the Chairman of Congress for six years.<ref name="obituary" />
Drumgoole was an unsuccessful [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] candidate for [[Seanad Éireann]] at both the 1948 and 1951 elections.<ref>"Selecting Senate candidates", ''[[Irish Times]]'', 5 March 1948</ref><ref>"CIU candidates for Senate", ''[[Irish Times]]'', 29 May 1951</ref> He retired in 1954, and died six years later.<ref name="obituary" />
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{{s-start}} {{s-npo|union}} {{s-bef|before = [[Luke Duffy]]}} {{s-ttl|title = General Secretary of the [[Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks]] |years = 1934–1954}} {{s-aft|after = Billy Fitzpatrick}} {{s-bef|before = P. J. Cairns}} {{s-ttl|title = President of the [[Irish Trades Union Congress]] |years = 1936–1937}} {{s-aft|after = [[Helena Molony]]}} {{s-end}}
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