Samuel O'Flaherty

Samuel O'Flaherty (died 22 May 1930) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He first stood for election at the 1918 general election as a Sinn Féin candidate for the Donegal East constituency but was defeated by Edward Kelly of the Irish Parliamentary Party. He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Donegal constituency.[1] He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He was re-elected unopposed as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD at the 1922 general election but did not take his seat.[2] He lost his seat at the 1923 general election.

References

  1. ↑ "Mr. Samuel O'Flaherty". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Samuel O'Flaherty". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 3 December 2008.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.