Hugo Flinn

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title: "Hugo Flinn" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1879-births", "1943-deaths", "people-from-peel,-isle-of-man", "people-educated-at-clongowes-wood-college", "alumni-of-the-royal-university-of-ireland", "british-army-personnel-of-world-war-i", "royal-army-ordnance-corps-officers", "military-personnel-from-county-cork", "military-personnel-from-county-wicklow", "politicians-from-county-cork", "fianna-fáil-tds", "members-of-the-10th-dáil", "members-of-the-6th-dáil", "members-of-the-7th-dáil", "members-of-the-8th-dáil", "members-of-the-9th-dáil", "parliamentary-secretaries-of-the-10th-dáil", "parliamentary-secretaries-of-the-7th-dáil", "parliamentary-secretaries-of-the-8th-dáil", "parliamentary-secretaries-of-the-9th-dáil"] description: "Irish Fianna Fáil politician and businessman (1879–1943)" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Flinn" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Irish Fianna Fáil politician and businessman (1879–1943) ::

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Field	Value
name	Hugo Flinn
image	Hugo Flinn 1933.png
caption	Flinn in 1933
office	Parliamentary Secretary
suboffice	Local Government and Public Health
subterm	1941–1943
suboffice1	Finance
subterm1	1932–1943
office2	Teachta Dála
term_start2	September 1927
term_end2	28 January 1943
constituency2	Cork Borough
birth_date
birth_place	Peel, Isle of Man
death_date
death_place	Cobh, County Cork, Ireland
nationality	Irish
party	Fianna Fáil
spouse
children	2
education
alma_mater	Royal University of Ireland
rank	Captain
branch	British Army
unit	Ordnance Corps
battles	World War I
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| name = Hugo Flinn | image = Hugo Flinn 1933.png | caption = Flinn in 1933 | office = Parliamentary Secretary | suboffice = Local Government and Public Health | subterm = 1941–1943 | suboffice1 = Finance | subterm1 = 1932–1943 | office2 = Teachta Dála | term_start2 = September 1927 | term_end2 = 28 January 1943 | constituency2 = Cork Borough | birth_date = | birth_place = Peel, Isle of Man | death_date = | death_place = Cobh, County Cork, Ireland | nationality = Irish | party = Fianna Fáil | spouse = | children = 2 | education = | alma_mater = Royal University of Ireland | rank = Captain | branch = British Army | unit = Ordnance Corps | battles = World War I |}} Hugo Victor Flinn (8 September 1879 – 28 January 1943) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and businessman.

He was born in Peel, Isle of Man in 1879, one of four children of Hugo Flinn, wholesale fish merchant with wide interests in Ireland and Liverpool, and his wife (Mary) Kate (née Condren or Condran). The family's residence alternated on a six-month basis between Arklow, County Wicklow, and Kinsale, County Cork, according to the seasonal nature of the fish trade. He was educated at Dungarvan, Kinsale, Mungret College, and Clongowes Wood College (1892–1897). He graduated from the Royal University of Ireland in 1899.

His family moved to England where he qualified as an electrical engineer and worked with the Liverpool Electricity Supply Board. He assumed the management of his father's business before joining the British Army on the outbreak of World War I. Attached to the Ordnance Corps, he was demobilised as a captain in 1918. On the death of his father in 1919, he disposed of the family business and established himself in Cork as an electrical engineer.

In 1925 he came to public attention when he started a campaign to abolish Income tax.

Flinn was courted by the Fianna Fáil party and was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork Borough constituency at the September 1927 general election. He retained his seat at each subsequent election until his death in 1943. No by-election was held for his seat.

After Fianna Fáil's election victory in 1932 Flinn was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance. In 1939, he was also appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, serving in both positions until his death.

As Minister of State, he devoted much of his time to the relief of unemployment. On the outbreak of World War II he was appointed turf controller and charged with the task of producing enough fuel to replace the two million tons of coal hitherto imported.

References

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References

1. Dempsey, Pauric J.. "Flinn, Hugo Victor". [[Dictionary of Irish Biography]].
2. Irish Election. Vigorous Party Efforts, ''The Times'', 31 August 1927.
3. "Hugo Flinn". Oireachtas Members Database.
4. "Hugo Flinn". ElectionsIreland.org.
5. "Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, 3 February 1943: Death of Two Deputies".

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