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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Members of the Fifth Dáil - Tadhg Crowley

Tadhg Crowley (1890 – 12 March 1970) was an Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick constituency at the June 1927 general election.

He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he lost his seat at the 1937 general election. He was re-gained his seat at the 1938 general election and was re-elected at the 1943 general election but lost his seat again at the 1944 general election. He was elected to the 5th Seanad in 1944 on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. He was defeated at the 1948 Seanad election. He was once more elected to the Dáil at the 1951 general election and was re-elected at the 1954 general election. He did not contest the 1957 general election but did contest the 1957 Seanad election and was elected to the 9th Seanad on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. He did not contest the 1961 Seanad election.

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