(1889-04-13)13 April 1889 Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland
Died
23 February 1975(1975-02-23) (aged 85) Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland
Political party
Fine Gael
Spouse
Anne McHugh
(m. 1907; died 1958)
Children
3
Alma mater
Queen's University, Belfast
Ernest William Blythe (Irish: Earnán de Blaghd; 13 April 1889 – 23 February 1975) was an Irish journalist, managing director of the Abbey Theatre,[1] and politician who served as Minister for Finance from 1923 to 1932, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and Vice-President of the Executive Council from 1927 to 1932 and Minister for Local Government from 1922 to 1923. He was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1934 to 1936. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Monaghan constituency from 1921 to 1933 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Monaghan North from 1918 to 1922.[2][3]
^Buckley, Patrick. "Blythe, Ernest". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
^"Ernest Blythe". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
^Parliamentary Debates: Official Report Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1921 - Page 210 "The real name of the person whose signature appears on this particular document is Ernest Blyth, who prefers to be known as Earnan de Blaghd. He has been under notice for seditious behaviour since 1914, and has been several times ..."
Ernest William Blythe (Irish: Earnán de Blaghd; 13 April 1889 – 23 February 1975) was an Irish journalist, managing director of the Abbey Theatre, and...
O'Higgins was joined in the organisation by fellow Cumann na nGaedhael TDs ErnestBlythe, Patrick McGilligan and Desmond Fitzgerald. O'Higgins had been chosen...
election. Shortly before his death, former Cumann na nGaedheal minister ErnestBlythe accused Aiken of rudely snubbing him in public throughout his political...
Count Plunkett Eoin MacNeill Constance Markievicz John J. O'Kelly Ministers not in cabinet Robert Barton ErnestBlythe Seán Etchingham Laurence Ginnell...
Minister for Defence 1922–1924 Succeeded by W. T. Cosgrave Preceded by ErnestBlythe Minister for Local Government and Public Health 1927–1932 Succeeded by...
Blythe Bridge (/blaɪð brɪdʒ/) is a village in Staffordshire, England, south-east of Stoke-on-Trent. Blythe Bridge is so called as it is built around the...
August 1975. In 1969, RTÉ Television interviewed Barton, alongside ErnestBlythe and James Ryan about the 1918 general election. Glendalough House, run...
Count Plunkett Eoin MacNeill Constance Markievicz John J. O'Kelly Ministers not in cabinet Robert Barton ErnestBlythe Seán Etchingham Laurence Ginnell...
country, the ruler of that time would have become completely Irish." ErnestBlythe recalls that in January 1915 he heard Plunkett and Thomas MacDonagh...
Count Plunkett Eoin MacNeill Constance Markievicz John J. O'Kelly Ministers not in cabinet Robert Barton ErnestBlythe Seán Etchingham Laurence Ginnell...
of a German arms shipment to coincide with the Rising. According to ErnestBlythe, Plunkett's republicanism did not prevent him from suggesting, at a...
Count Plunkett Eoin MacNeill Constance Markievicz John J. O'Kelly Ministers not in cabinet Robert Barton ErnestBlythe Seán Etchingham Laurence Ginnell...
Although the government refused, the following year Minister of Finance ErnestBlythe arranged an annual government subsidy of £850 for the Abbey. This made...
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