Robert Briscoe, the only Jew to hold a seat in the Dail Eireann, has been re-elected. Briscoe, who is a member of Prime Minister Eamon De Valera’s party, has held office continuously since 1927, having been elected five times.
Briscoe was born in Dublin and earned the appellation “the Fighting Jew” for his participation in the struggle between the Irish Republican Army and the English “Black and Tan” troops. He has been active in Jewish affairs in the last decade. He visited the United States in 1939.
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