Joseph Kevin Bracken
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Joseph Kevin Bracken from Templemore
, Co. Tipperary
, Ireland
, was a builder who spent his early years in America. He is most famous for being one of the seven founder members in 1884 of the Gaelic Athletic Association
. He was also a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood
. The local Gaelic Athletic Association
club in Templemore J.K. Brackens GAA
is named after him.
He married twice, and was the father of Brendan Bracken, a minister in the British Government during World War II
when Winston Churchill
was British Prime Minister
.
Templemore
Templemore is a town in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Eliogarty. It is part of the Roman Catholic parish of Templemore, Clonmore and Killea....
, Co. Tipperary
Tipperary
Tipperary is a town and a civil parish in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 4,415 at the 2006 census. It is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, and is in the historical barony of Clanwilliam....
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
, was a builder who spent his early years in America. He is most famous for being one of the seven founder members in 1884 of the Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
. He was also a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood
Irish Republican Brotherhood
The Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland during the second half of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century...
. The local Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
club in Templemore J.K. Brackens GAA
J.K. Brackens GAA
J.K. Brackens GAA is a hurling and football club located in Templemore, Clonmore and Killea parish in mid County Tipperary, Ireland. Currently Kevin Mulryan from this club is on the Tipperary Senior Football panel while Éamonn Corcoran was on the Tipperary senior hurling panel until...
is named after him.
He married twice, and was the father of Brendan Bracken, a minister in the British Government during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
when Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
was British Prime Minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
.
External Links & Sources
- Brendan Bracken
- J.K. Brackens GAA Club
- Gaelic Athletic Association