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Domhnall Ua Buachalla

Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (died 1963)

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Born
February 5, 1866
Died
October 30, 1963
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1866

About Domhnall Ua Buachalla

Domhnall Ua Buachalla (Irish: [ˈd̪ˠoːnˠəl̪ˠ uə ˈbˠuəxəl̪ˠə]; English: Daniel Richard "Donal" Buckley; 3 February 1866 – 30 October 1963) was an Irish politician and member of the First Dáil who served as third and final governor-general of the Irish Free State from 1932 to 1936, and later served as a member of the Council of State from 1959 until his death. Ua Buachalla attended the inauguration of the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, in Dublin Castle in June 1938. However, he returned to Maynooth to continue running his family business, the hardware store which had been founded in 1853.

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Domhnall Ua Buachalla timeline

  1. However, he returned to Maynooth to continue running his family business, the hardware store which had been founded in 1853.
  2. Ua Buachalla attended the inauguration of the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, in Dublin Castle in June 1938.

The world when Domhnall Ua Buachalla was born

Domhnall Ua Buachalla was born in 1866. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1866

  • Best-selling bookCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction era begins in the South
  • Technology milestoneTransatlantic telegraph cable successfully laid
  • World population~1.46B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Johnson
  • U.S. population34.0M

1866 versus 2026

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Measure18662026
Population34.0M341 million

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