In the general election of December 1918, he was elected as part of the Sinn F*in landslide, defeating the Nationalist J. J. Clancy who had sat for the County Dublin North seat since 1885, by 9,138 to 4,428. Frank Lawless took part in the Easter Rising of 1916, being second in command under Thomas Ashe in the fight at Ashbourne, County Meath. Two of his sons were also combatants on that occasion.
Frank Lawless
Thomas Ashe