Background
John Andrew Tubridy was born in 1897 at Galway, County Galway to Patrick Tubridy (1869–1920) and Jane Waldron (born 1868).
John Andrew Tubridy was born in 1897 at Galway, County Galway to Patrick Tubridy (1869–1920) and Jane Waldron (born 1868).
Tubridy had two spells as a Fianna Fáil Territorial Decoration for Galway, from 1927–1932 and 1937–1939. He had only one sibling in the form of a young sister, Mary Margaret Patricia (born 1903). Seán"s father was from Kilmurry Ibrickane, County Clare and his mother from Kilkelly, County Mayo.
The two were Gaeilgoir and had moved to the Irish-speaking area of Connemara to teach at the Scoil Mhic Dara in Carraroe.
They worked with Roger Casement and helped to set up a fund for free school dinners there. The two had a feud with a priest by the name of French
Healy and were attacked from the pulpit, but they received support from local parents. Séan himself was a medical practitioner who fought against the epidemics of cholera, typhus and the Spanish Flu in Connemara.
Patrick himself had several children, including the broadcaster Ryan Tubridy.
Tubridy was first elected to as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Galway constituency at the June 1927 general election. He was re-elected at the September 1927 general election but lost his seat at the 1932 general election. He stood unsuccessfully at the 1933 general election but was elected for the Galway West constituency at the 1937 general election.
He was re-elected at the 1938 general election, but died during the 10th Dáil in July 1939.
Their only child was a son Patrick Tubridy, who married Catherine Andrews, the daughter of Todd Andrews, a prominent former member of the Irish Republican Army.