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Tomás Mac Giolla, TD

Tomás Mac Giolla, TD,
born Thomas Richard Gill, Tom, 25 January 1924.
See wikipedia and DIB.
His uncle T. P. Gill was an Irish Parliamentary Party MP in 1885-1892, while he was a politician over 100 years later.

He mar Sept 1961 to May McLaughlin [Máire, born 22 Oct 1930]. No issue.
She was a republican activist from East Wall, Dublin. She was a member of Sinn Fein and the Workers' Party.

He was President of Sinn Fein, 1962-1970.
Leader of the Workers' Party, 1962-1988.
Lord Mayor of Dublin 1993 to 1994.
He died 4 Feb 2010.
She died 24 Mar 2018.

Tomás Mac Giolla.
From here.

Tomás Mac Giolla was a prominent Irish supporter of the Soviet Union.
From Irish Times, January 11, 1983.