T. P. Gill

Thomas Patrick Gill (25 Oct 1858 – 19 January 1931) was a prominent member of the Irish Parliamentary Party in the late 19th and early 20th century and a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons representing the South Louth constituency unopposed from 1885 to 1892.

His uncle Peter Gill had unsuccessfully contested the County Tipperary constituency.

He was member and honorary secretary to the 1895 Recess Committee which led to the formation of both the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction (DATI), forerunner of the Irish Department of Agriculture, and the Vocational Education Committees (VEC).

[2] Gill's key work for the Recess committee was research into the state aid to agriculture in France and Denmark.

[5][1] Gill was an uncle of former Workers' Party president and Dublin West TD Tomás Mac Giolla.