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Gerald Bartley
Minister for Defence
In office
11 October 1961 – 21 April 1965
TaoiseachSeán Lemass
Preceded byKevin Boland
Succeeded byMichael Hilliard
Minister for the Gaeltacht
In office
23 July 1959 – 11 October 1961
TaoiseachSeán Lemass
Preceded byMícheál Ó Móráin
Succeeded byMícheál Ó Móráin
Parliamentary Secretary
1958–1959Finance
1957–1958Industry and Commerce
1951–1954Agriculture
Teachta Dála
In office
July 1937 – April 1965
ConstituencyGalway West
In office
February 1932 – July 1937
ConstituencyGalway
Personal details
Born(1898-06-12)12 June 1898
County Mayo, Ireland
Died18 April 1975(1975-04-18) (aged 76)
Clifden, County Galway, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouse
Bridget Monnelly
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(m. 1935)​
EducationO'Connell Schools

Gerald Bartley (12 June 1898 – 18 April 1975) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for the Gaeltacht and Minister for Defence from 1959 to 1965. He was a TD for the Galway and Galway West constituencies from 1932 until his retirement in 1965.[1][2]

Bartley was born in Cloghan, County Mayo.[3] He was the son of RIC Sergeant John Bartley and Anne Costelloe, a grocer. His family later settled in Clifden, County Galway. He was educated at O'Connell Schools in Dublin and joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914. He eventually became vice-brigadier of the Connemara Brigade of the Irish Republican Army, served with a flying column during the War of Independence and was interned during the Civil War. In 1925 Bartley was elected to Galway County Council and served as chairman of the finance committee before his election to Dáil Éireann.[3]

For almost twenty years Bartley remained as a backbench TD before his first government appointment as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture in 1951. On returning to government in 1957, Bartley was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce. He was moved to the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance the following year before joining the cabinet as Minister for the Gaeltacht in 1959. Two years later Bartley became Minister for Defence, a post he held until his retirement from politics in 1965.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Gerald Bartley". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Gerald Bartley". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Dempsey, Pauric J. "Bartley, Gerald". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
Political offices
New office Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture
1951–1954 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce
1957–1958 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance
1958–1959 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for the Gaeltacht
1959–1961 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Defence
1961–1965 		Succeeded by
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