Cathal Brugha

Cathal Brugha
Minister for Defence
In office 1 April 1919 – 9 January 1922
President	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	Richard Mulcahy
Succeeded by	Richard Mulcahy
Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
In office 21 January 1919 – 22 January 1919
Deputy	John J. O'Kelly
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Count Plunkett
President of Dáil Éireann
In office 21 January 1919 – 1 April 1919
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Éamon de Valera (as President of the Irish Republic)
Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army
In office 27 October 1917 – 23 March 1918
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Richard Mulcahy
Teachta Dála
In office May 1921 – 7 July 1922
Constituency	Waterford–Tipperary East
In office December 1918 – May 1921
Constituency	Waterford County
Personal details
Born	Charles William St John Burgess (1874-07-18)18 July 1874 Dublin, Ireland
Died	7 July 1922(1922-07-07) (aged 47) Dublin, Ireland
Resting place	Glasnevin Cemetery, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland
Spouse	Caitlín Kingston ​ (m. 1912)​
Children	6, including Ruairí
Education	Belvedere College
Military service
Allegiance	Irish Republican Brotherhood Irish Volunteers Irish Republican Army
Years of service	1913–1922
Rank	Chief of Staff
Battles/wars	Easter Rising Irish War of Independence Irish Civil War

Cathal Brugha (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkahəlˠ ˈbˠɾˠuː]; born Charles William St John Burgess; 18 July 1874 – 7 July 1922) was an Irish republican politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1919 to 1922, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann in January 1919, the first president of Dáil Éireann from January 1919 to April 1919 and Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army from 1917 to 1918. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1922.^[1]

He was active in the Easter Rising, the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War, and was the first Ceann Comhairle (chairman) of Dáil Éireann as well as the president of Dáil Éireann, the then title of the head of government.