Frederick Crowley

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Frederick Crowley
Teachta Dála
In office
July 1937 – 5 May 1945
ConstituencyKerry South
In office
September 1927 – July 1937
ConstituencyKerry
Personal details
Born(1880-09-23)23 September 1880
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Died5 May 1945(1945-05-05) (aged 64)
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouse(s)Honor Crowley
(m. 1925; d. 1945)
Relations
Alma materUniversity College Cork

Frederick Hugh Crowley (1880 – 5 May 1945) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1927 to 1945.[1]

A lecturer and farmer, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Kerry constituency at the September 1927 general election.[1] He was re-elected to the Dáil at the next seven general elections, switching to the new Kerry South constituency at the 1937 general election. He died in 1945 while still in office.[2]

After his death, the by-election in Kerry South on 4 December 1945 was won for Fianna Fáil by his widow, Honor Crowley. It was the first case anywhere in Ireland of a woman succeeding her husband at a by-election. Honor Crowley, a daughter of the MP John Pius Boland, remained a TD until her death in 1966.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Frederick Crowley". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Frederick Crowley". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  3. ^ Heirs to the Kingdom: Kerry's Political Dynasties by Owen O'Shea (O'Brien Press, 2011)


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