6-567: Ross Kinlough McGillycuddy (styled The McGillycuddy of the Reeks ; 26 October 1882 – 26 April 1950) was an Irish politician. He was educated at Fettes College and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich , joined the Royal Field Artillery, and was posted to India in 1903. He married Helen Courage of Shenfield Place, Essex in 1908; they had four children. He was a lieutenant colonel in the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards , and witnessed
12-410: A cadet sept of the O'Sullivans who about 1600 adopted the surname Mac Giolla Chuda , in recognition of their devotion to St Mochua. A seventh-century O'Sullivan Mór sent his trusted son, Mac Giolla, to be educated under the tutelage of Saint Mochuda at Lismore . He hence became known as O'Sullivan Mac Giolla Mochuda . The name was anglicised into McGillycuddy. During the 19th century
18-651: A family originating around MacGillycuddy's Reeks , a range of mountains ( reeks ) in County Kerry in Ireland. The Annals of the Four Masters records in AD 234 the death of Prince Oilill Olum, King of Munster, the 43rd direct descendant of Milidh, or Milesius, who died in 1284 BC. Thus in legend and in history, the line of the most distinguished families of Munster traces back over 3,300 years. The McGillycuddys were
24-667: The first action in World War I in August 1914 at Casteau . He was mentioned in dispatches four times; and awarded a Distinguished Service Order and Legion of Honour for improving the mobility of the Vickers machine gun . Brigadier Beauvoir De Lisle ordered him to form the first 36 companies of the Machine Gun Corps . He retired to Ireland on his father's death in 1921 and became a Kerry County Councillor in 1926. He
30-538: Was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1928 to 1936, and 1938 to 1943. He was elected at the 1928 Seanad election for three years, and re-elected at the 1931 Seanad election for nine years. He served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936. He was elected to the 2nd Seanad in 1938 on the Agricultural Panel and was re-elected to the 3rd Seanad . During World War II he
36-722: Was at the same time a senator, an officer in the British Army and Chief of the Name . After McGillycuddy complained to the BBC , its 1949 Green Book of standards entered the stricture 'Do not mention the McGillycuddy of the Reeks or make jokes about his name'. McGillycuddy of the Reeks The McGillycuddy of the Reeks ( Irish : Mac Giolla Mochuda ) is the hereditary Chief of the Name of McGillycuddy ,
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