Alexander McCabe

Background

He was born in County Sligo in 1886.

Career

In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann, though McCabe did not attend as he was in prison. At the 1921 Irish elections, he was re-elected for Sligo–Mayo East. He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted in favour of lieutenant

He was again re-elected for Sligo–Mayo East at the 1922 general election, this time as pro-Treaty Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration).

At the 1923 general election, he was elected as a Cumann na nGaedheal Territorial Decoration for Leitrim–Sligo. He did not stand for public office again and returned to his post as a schoolteacher.

He was involved with the short-lived but widely followed Irish Christian Front, serving as the organisation"s secretary.

Achievements

• He resigned his Dáil seat in March 1925 along with several other TDs, and at the resulting by-election on 11 March 1925 was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Martin Roddy.

Views

He resigned from Cumann na nGaedheal in 1924 because of dissatisfaction with government attitude to certain army officers and joined the National Group led by Joseph McGrath.

Membership

31st United Kingdom Parliament]

He was elected as a Sinn Féin Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the constituency of Sligo South at the 1918 general election.