Barney Mellows

Barney Mellows
Barney Mellows
Teachta Dála
	In office; August 1923 – June 1927
Constituency	Galway
Personal details
Born	Herbert Charles Mellows; 29 March 1896; Dublin, Ireland
Died	25 February 1942 (aged 45); Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Sinn Féin
Military service
Branch/service	Irish Republican Brotherhood; Irish Volunteers; Irish Republican Army; Anti-Treaty IRA;
Battles/wars	Easter Rising; Irish War of Independence; Irish Civil War;

Herbert Charles Mellows (29 March 1896 – 25 February 1942) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician, and the brother of Liam Mellows.^[1]

Career

He was Director of Finance and commander of the 2nd Company in Dolphins Barn in the organisation, Fianna Éireann from August 1915 until the Easter Rising in 1916.^[2] From January 1917 to June 1917 he became Adjutant general of the organization.^[3]

He was elected at the 1923 general election as Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway constituency, but in accordance with Sinn Féin's abstentionist policy, he did not take his seat.^[4] He lost his seat at the June 1927 general election, and did not stand again.^[4]

^ "Herbert Mellows". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
^ Murphy, Eamon. "Mellows, Herbert Charles ('Barney')". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
^ Witness Statement of Joseph Reynolds to Bureau of Military History
^ ^a ^b "Barney Mellows". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 May 2012.