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unusual facts about Seanad



1950 in Northern Ireland

12 May - Nationalist Senators and MPs in Northern Ireland ask the government of the Republic to give Northern-elected representatives seats in the Dáil and Seanad.

Daniel Moloney

Howevever, he died two years later, on 26 June 1963, and the by-election for his seat in the Seanad was won by John Costelloe.

Henry Dockrell

Henry Morgan Dockrell (died 1955), Irish Cumann na nGaedhael and Fine Gael politician who was elected to both Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann

Jim Speers

Seamus Mallon, a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982 was disqualified because he had been a member of the Irish Seanad at the time of his election.

John Costello

John Costelloe, Irish politician, member of Seanad Éireann from 1963–1965

Patrick Guiney

Patrick and John were uncles of Philip Burton (1910–1995), Fine Gael TD for Cork North–East 1961–69, and member of the Seanad 1973–77.


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