The eldest son of James Brady, he was born at Blackrock, Dublin and educated at St Vincent's College, Castleknock and at University College Dublin.[1] He was admitted a solicitor in 1893 and became senior partner, then head of the firm of Brady & Hayden. He built up an extensive legal practice and became a member of the Council, and later President, of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. He was also a director of the Hibernian Bank and of the Great Southern Railways, and an active social welfare worker and member of the Catholic Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1900 he married Evelyn Parminter, youngest daughter of John Douglas Parminter, a Paymaster in the Royal Navy. She died in 1931. They had no children.[1]
Brady was a member of Blackrock Urban District Council and was subsequently elected as MP for Dublin St Stephen's Green at the general election of January 1910. St Stephen's Green was not a safe seat for the Nationalists, being won by a Liberal, Liberal Unionist or Unionist in all five elections held between 1888 and 1898. In January 1910 Brady defeated the Unionist candidate Henry O’Connor by 3,683 to 3,021. At the second 1910 general election in December, he defeated a fresh Unionist candidate, Reginald Herbert, by the bigger margin of 3,594 to 2,765. In 1918, however, the seat went to the Sinn Féin candidate Thomas Kelly, who won 8,461 votes to Brady's 2,902 and the Unionist's 2,755. Politically, Brady was described by Patrick Maume (1999) as a conservative who took a pro-employer stance in the 1913 Dublin lock-out led by James Larkin.
After the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1922, Brady served as a member of the advisory committee set up to frame the new courts system and Free State judiciary, resulting in the Courts of Justice Act 1924. On 26 January 1927 he was elected in a by-election to a vacancy in Seanad Éireann, but was defeated at the regular election of December 1928.[2]
brady, patrick, joseph, brady, 1868, 1943, irish, nationalist, dublin, stephen, green, constituency, from, 1910, 1918, during, closing, years, irish, parliamentary, party, dominance, irish, politics, later, senator, irish, free, state, from, 1927, 1928, parlia. Patrick Joseph Brady 1868 20 May 1943 was Irish nationalist MP for Dublin St Stephen s Green constituency from 1910 to 1918 during the closing years of the Irish Parliamentary Party s dominance of Irish politics Later he was a Senator of the Irish Free State from 1927 to 1928 He was one of the few parliamentarians who served in both the House of Commons and in the Oireachtas P J BradySenatorIn office 26 January 1927 12 December 1928Member of Parliamentfor Dublin St Stephen s GreenIn office January 1910 25 November 1918Preceded byLaurence A WaldronSucceeded byThomas KellyPersonal detailsBorn1868 1868 Blackrock Dublin IrelandDied20 May 1943 1943 05 20 aged 75 Booterstown Dublin IrelandPolitical partyIndependent 1922 1943 Nationalist IPP until 1922 SpouseEvelyn Parminter m 1900 died 1931 wbr EducationSt Vincent s CollegeAlma materUniversity College DublinOccupationSolicitorpoliticianThe eldest son of James Brady he was born at Blackrock Dublin and educated at St Vincent s College Castleknock and at University College Dublin 1 He was admitted a solicitor in 1893 and became senior partner then head of the firm of Brady amp Hayden He built up an extensive legal practice and became a member of the Council and later President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland He was also a director of the Hibernian Bank and of the Great Southern Railways and an active social welfare worker and member of the Catholic Society of Saint Vincent de Paul In 1900 he married Evelyn Parminter youngest daughter of John Douglas Parminter a Paymaster in the Royal Navy She died in 1931 They had no children 1 Brady was a member of Blackrock Urban District Council and was subsequently elected as MP for Dublin St Stephen s Green at the general election of January 1910 St Stephen s Green was not a safe seat for the Nationalists being won by a Liberal Liberal Unionist or Unionist in all five elections held between 1888 and 1898 In January 1910 Brady defeated the Unionist candidate Henry O Connor by 3 683 to 3 021 At the second 1910 general election in December he defeated a fresh Unionist candidate Reginald Herbert by the bigger margin of 3 594 to 2 765 In 1918 however the seat went to the Sinn Fein candidate Thomas Kelly who won 8 461 votes to Brady s 2 902 and the Unionist s 2 755 Politically Brady was described by Patrick Maume 1999 as a conservative who took a pro employer stance in the 1913 Dublin lock out led by James Larkin After the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1922 Brady served as a member of the advisory committee set up to frame the new courts system and Free State judiciary resulting in the Courts of Justice Act 1924 On 26 January 1927 he was elected in a by election to a vacancy in Seanad Eireann but was defeated at the regular election of December 1928 2 Among those who attended his funeral at the Church of the Assumption Booterstown Dublin in May 1943 was his former opponent Eamon de Valera by that time Taoiseach References edit a b Dempsey Pauric J Brady Patrick Joseph Dictionary of Irish Biography Retrieved 21 January 2024 Patrick J Brady Oireachtas Members Database Retrieved 23 January 2016 Sources editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Patrick Brady Dods Parliamentary Companion for 1912 London Whittaker amp Co Irish Independent 21 and 24 May 1943 Patrick Maume The Long Gestation Irish Nationalist Life 1891 1918 Dublin Gill amp MacMillan 1999 Brian M Walker ed Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801 1922 Dublin Royal Irish Academy 1978 Who Was Who 1941 1950Parliament of the United KingdomPreceded byLaurence Ambrose Waldron Member of Parliament for Dublin St Stephen s Green1910 1918 Succeeded byThomas Kelly Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title P J Brady amp oldid 1208632960, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
