Seán Casey

Irish Labour Party politician (1922–1967)

Seán Casey
Teachta Dála
In office
May 1954 – 29 April 1967
ConstituencyCork Borough
Personal details
Born(1922-05-09)9 May 1922
Cork, Ireland
Died29 April 1967(1967-04-29) (aged 44)
Cork, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party

Seán Casey (9 May 1922 – 29 April 1967) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1954 general election.[1] He was re-elected at the 1957, 1961 and 1965 general elections.[2] He died in April 1967 during the term of the 18th Dáil and the by-election held on 9 November 1967 was won by Seán French of Fianna Fáil.

He served as Lord Mayor of Cork in 1956, 1962 and 1966.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Seán Casey". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Seán Casey". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Previous Mayors of Cork". Cork City Council. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Patrick McGrath
Lord Mayor of Cork
1956–1957
Succeeded by
Valentine Jago
Preceded by
Anthony Barry
Lord Mayor of Cork
1962–1963
Succeeded by
Seán McCarthy
Preceded by
Cornelius Desmond
Lord Mayor of Cork
1966–1967
Succeeded by
Seán McCarthy
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Cork Borough constituency
This table is transcluded from Cork Borough (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921 Liam de Róiste
(SF)
Mary MacSwiney
(SF)
Donal O'Callaghan
(SF)
J. J. Walsh
(SF)
4 seats
1921–1923
3rd 1922 Liam de Róiste
(PT-SF)
Mary MacSwiney
(AT-SF)
Robert Day
(Lab)
J. J. Walsh
(PT-SF)
4th 1923 Richard Beamish
(Ind)
Mary MacSwiney
(Rep)
Andrew O'Shaughnessy
(Ind)
J. J. Walsh
(CnaG)
Alfred O'Rahilly
(CnaG)
1924 by-election Michael Egan
(CnaG)
5th 1927 (Jun) John Horgan
(NL)
Seán French
(FF)
Richard Anthony
(Lab)
Barry Egan
(CnaG)
6th 1927 (Sep) W. T. Cosgrave
(CnaG)
Hugo Flinn
(FF)
7th 1932 Thomas Dowdall
(FF)
Richard Anthony
(Ind)
William Desmond
(CnaG)
8th 1933
9th 1937 W. T. Cosgrave
(FG)
4 seats
1937–1948
10th 1938 James Hickey
(Lab)
11th 1943 Frank Daly
(FF)
Richard Anthony
(Ind)
Séamus Fitzgerald
(FF)
12th 1944 William Dwyer
(Ind)
Walter Furlong
(FF)
1946 by-election Patrick McGrath
(FF)
13th 1948 Michael Sheehan
(Ind)
James Hickey
(NLP)
Jack Lynch
(FF)
Thomas F. O'Higgins
(FG)
14th 1951 Seán McCarthy
(FF)
James Hickey
(Lab)
1954 by-election Stephen Barrett
(FG)
15th 1954 Anthony Barry
(FG)
Seán Casey
(Lab)
1956 by-election John Galvin
(FF)
16th 1957 Gus Healy
(FF)
17th 1961 Anthony Barry
(FG)
1964 by-election Sheila Galvin
(FF)
18th 1965 Gus Healy
(FF)
Pearse Wyse
(FF)
1967 by-election Seán French
(FF)
19th 1969 Constituency abolished. See Cork City North-West and Cork City South-East


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