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Jeremiah Ryan

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Jeremiah Ryan
Senator
In office
21 April 1948 – 14 August 1951
ConstituencyAdministrative Panel
Teachta Dála
In office
July 1937 – May 1944
ConstituencyTipperary
Personal details
Born(1891-07-30)30 July 1891
County Tipperary, Ireland
Died3 March 1960(1960-03-03) (aged 68)
County Tipperary, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael

Jeremiah Ryan (30 July 1891 – 3 March 1960)[1] was an Irish Fine Gael politician. He served as the vice-commandant of the mid-Tipperary bridge of the IRA.[2]

A farmer, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary constituency at the 1937 general election.[3] He was re-elected at the 1938 and 1943 general elections.[4] He did not contest the 1944 general election. He was elected to the 6th Seanad on the Administrative Panel in 1948.

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary: Col J. Ryan". Irish Times. 4 March 1960. p. 9.
  2. ^ Mansergh, Nicholas (1997). Nationalism and Independence: Selected Irish Papers.
  3. ^ "Jeremiah Ryan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Jeremiah Ryan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 February 2009.