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John Finucane (Limerick politician)

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John Finucane (c. 1843 – 23 March 1902) was an Irish farmer and politician.[1]

Finucane was educated at Thurles College (taking first honours in rhetoric, logic and metaphysic) and Maynooth College, with the intention of joining the priesthood.[2] Instead he became a farmer, and was for many years Honorary Secretary of the Limerick and Clare Farmers' Club.[3]

From 1885 to 1900 he was Member of Parliament for County Limerick East, representing the Irish Parliamentary Party. At the time of the Parnell split he was an anti-Parnellite. He lived in Coole House, Caherelly, County Limerick.[1]

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  1. ^ a b ‘FINUCANE, John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 14 July 2013
  2. ^ The New House of Commons: With Biographical Notices of its Members and of Nominated Candidates (George Edward Wright, 1885) page 383.
  3. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Branch (Dean and Son, 1896), p. 52.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for County Limerick East
18851900
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