What is recorded here
Thurles, County Tipperary, gave Fergus O'Dowd to the world on 1 September 1948, though he would spend his public life shaping Louth and Dublin. That distance is the interesting part: a boy born under Tipperary skies became a Drogheda teacher, mayor, senator and minister, carrying one name across several counties and parties.
Why this person is known: Irish politician
- Birthplace
- Thurles
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