Andrew Clarkin
Senator
In office
April 1948  23 November 1955
ConstituencyIndustrial and Commercial Panel
In office
August 1944  April 1948
ConstituencyAdministrative Panel
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
1951–1953
Preceded byJack Belton
Succeeded byBernard Butler
Personal details
Born1891 (1891)
Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
Died23 November 1955(1955-11-23) (aged 63–64)
Political partyFianna Fáil
SpouseElizabeth Clarkin

Andrew Sylvester Clarkin (1891 – 23 November 1955) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Clarkin was the son of Andrew Clarkin and Rose Anne Corrigan.[3]

He stood for election to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil candidate for the Dublin South constituency at the 1944 general election but was unsuccessful.[4] He was elected to Seanad Éireann by the Administrative Panel at the 1944 Seanad election. He was re-elected to the Seanad at the 1948, 1951 and 1954 Seanad elections on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1952 Dublin North–West by-election.[4] He died in 1955 during the 8th Seanad.[1]

He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1951 to 1953.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Andrew Clarkin". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  2. Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864–1958
  3. Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915
  4. 1 2 "Andrew Clarkin". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  5. "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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