"Jeremiah \"Jerry\" Cronin (15 September 1925 \u2013 19 October 1990) was an Irish Fianna F\u00E1il politician. He was first elected to D\u00E1il \u00C9ireann at the 1965 general election as a Fianna F\u00E1il Teachta D\u00E1la (TD) for the Cork North\u2013East constituency. Cronin was appointed to the Irish Government on one occasion, serving as Minister for Defence from 1970 to 1973 under Taoiseach Jack Lynch."@en .