Denis Farrelly
Irish politician (1912–1974)
Denis Farrelly | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 5 November 1969 – 27 December 1974 | |
| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office October 1961 – June 1969 | |
| Constituency | Meath |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1912-09-18)18 September 1912 County Meath, Ireland |
| Died | 27 December 1974(1974-12-27) (aged 62) County Meath, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
Denis Farrelly (18 September 1912 – 27 December 1974) was a Fine Gael politician from County Meath in Ireland.[1] He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for 8 years, and then a Senator for five years.
A member of Meath County Council from 1959, Farrelly was chairman of the North-Eastern Health Board from 1971 until his death.[2] He stood unsuccessfully as a Fine Gael candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Meath constituency at the 1954 general election and at a by-election in 1959, before winning the seat at the 1961 election. He was re-elected in 1965, but defeated at the 1969 general election. He stood again in 1973, but was not elected.[3]
After the loss of his Dáil seat 1969, he was elected to the 12th Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. He was returned in 1973 to the 13th Seanad, and died in office in 1974, aged 62.[1]
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Meath constituency
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1923 | Patrick Mulvany (FP) | David Hall (Lab) | Eamonn Duggan (CnaG) | |||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | Matthew O'Reilly (FF) | |||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | Arthur Matthews (CnaG) | |||||
| 7th | 1932 | James Kelly (FF) | |||||
| 8th | 1933 | Robert Davitt (CnaG) | Matthew O'Reilly (FF) | ||||
| 9th | 1937 | Constituency abolished. See Meath–Westmeath | |||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13th | 1948 | Matthew O'Reilly (FF) | Michael Hilliard (FF) | 3 seats until 1977 | Patrick Giles (FG) | 3 seats until 1977 | |||||
| 14th | 1951 | ||||||||||
| 15th | 1954 | James Tully (Lab) | |||||||||
| 16th | 1957 | James Griffin (FF) | |||||||||
| 1959 by-election | Henry Johnston (FF) | ||||||||||
| 17th | 1961 | James Tully (Lab) | Denis Farrelly (FG) | ||||||||
| 18th | 1965 | ||||||||||
| 19th | 1969 | John Bruton (FG) | |||||||||
| 20th | 1973 | Brendan Crinion (FF) | |||||||||
| 21st | 1977 | Jim Fitzsimons (FF) | 4 seats 1977–1981 | ||||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | John V. Farrelly (FG) | |||||||||
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb) | Michael Lynch (FF) | Colm Hilliard (FF) | ||||||||
| 24th | 1982 (Nov) | Frank McLoughlin (Lab) | |||||||||
| 25th | 1987 | Michael Lynch (FF) | Noel Dempsey (FF) | ||||||||
| 26th | 1989 | Mary Wallace (FF) | |||||||||
| 27th | 1992 | Brian Fitzgerald (Lab) | |||||||||
| 28th | 1997 | Johnny Brady (FF) | John V. Farrelly (FG) | ||||||||
| 29th | 2002 | Damien English (FG) | |||||||||
| 2005 by-election | Shane McEntee (FG) | ||||||||||
| 30th | 2007 | Constituency abolished. See Meath East and Meath West | |||||||||
