Andrew Clarkin

Irish politician (1891–1955)

Andrew Clarkin

Senator
In office 21 April 1948 – 23 November 1955
Constituency	Industrial and Commercial Panel
In office 18 August 1944 – 21 April 1948
Constituency	Administrative Panel
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office 1951–1953
Preceded by	Jack Belton
Succeeded by	Bernard Butler

Personal details
Born	1891 (1891) Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
Died	23 November 1955(1955-11-23) (aged 63–64)
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Elizabeth 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

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

External links

Andrew Clarkin at Find a Grave

Civic offices
Preceded by Jack Belton	Lord Mayor of Dublin 1951–1953	Succeeded by Bernard Butler

« 4th Seanad « Members of the 5th Seanad (1944–1948) » 6th Seanad »

Cathaoirleach Seán Goulding (FF)
Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF)

Administrative Panel

Andrew Clarkin (FF)
Seán Goulding (FF)
Michael Hayes (FG)
Denis Healy (FF)
Michael Hearne (FF)
James McGee (Ind)
Thomas Ruane (FF)

Agricultural Panel

Patrick Baxter (CnaT)
John Counihan (Ind)
Daniel Hogan (FF)
Edmund Horan (CnaT)
Patrick Kehoe (FF)
Dominick MacCabe (Ind)
William O'Callaghan (FG)
Timothy O'Donovan (FG)
Patrick O'Reilly (FF)
William Quirke (FF)
Gerard Sweetman (FG)

Cultural and Educational Panel

Patrick Doyle (FG)
Louis O'Dea (FF)
Seán O'Donovan (FF)
Patrick J. O'Reilly (Ind)
James Parkinson (FG)

Industrial and Commercial Panel

Thomas Condon (Ind)
Daniel Corkery (FF)
James Crosbie (FG)
Tadhg Crowley (FF)
James G. Douglas (Ind)
Luke Duffy (Lab)
Peter Trainor Kelly (Ind)
Seán MacEllin (FF)
David Madden (FG)

Labour Panel

John Butler (FG)
Thomas Hayden (Lab)
James Johnston (Ind)
John Thomas Keane (Ind)
Thomas Kennedy (Lab)
Sam Kyle (Lab)
Peter Lynch (Ind)
John Meighan (CnaT)
Seán Ruane (Ind)
Michael Smyth (Ind)
James Tunney (Lab)

Dublin University

William Fearon (Ind)
Joseph Johnston (Ind)
T. C. Kingsmill Moore (Ind)

National University

Henry Barniville (FG)
Helena Concannon (FF)
Michael J. Ryan (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach

Seán Campbell (Lab)
Robert Farnan (FF)
Thomas Foran (Lab)
T. V. Honan (FF)
Sir John Keane (Ind)
Margaret L. Kennedy (FF)
William Magennis (Ind)
Liam Ó Buachalla (FF)
Pádraic Ó Máille (FF)
Margaret Mary Pearse (FF)
Matthew Stafford (FF)

Elected or nominated later

1945 Frederick Summerfield (Ind)
1946 Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Ind)
Frederick Hawkins (Ind)
Edward Pakenham (Ind)
1947 Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind)

FF: Fianna Fáil
FG: Fine Gael
CnaT: Clann na Talmhan
Lab: Labour Party
Ind: Independent

v t e « 5th Seanad « Members of the 6th Seanad (1948–1951) » 7th Seanad »
Cathaoirleach Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Leader of the Seanad Michael Hayes (FG)
Administrative Panel	John Finan (CnaT) Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Seán Goulding (FF) Michael Hearne (FF) James McGee (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Jeremiah Ryan (FG)
Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Robert Malachy Burke (Lab) John Counihan (Ind) Seán Gibbons (FF) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Martin Quinn (Ind) William Quirke (FF) James Tunney (Lab)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Michael Hayes (FG) Cecil Lavery (FG) Frank Loughman (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Joseph Brennan (Ind) Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) James Crosbie (FG) Henry Morgan Dockrell (FG) Luke Duffy (Lab) T. V. Honan (FF) Peter Lynch (Ind) Frederick Summerfield (Ind)
Labour Panel	Richard Anthony (Ind) John Butler (FG) Seán Campbell (Lab) Michael Colgan (Ind) Andrew Fogarty (FF) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) John Meighan (CnaT) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Seán Ruane (Ind) Michael Smyth (Ind)
Dublin University	Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind) William Fearon (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)
National University of Ireland	Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) George O'Brien (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	George C. Bennett (FG) Eleanor Butler (Lab) James G. Douglas (Ind) Denis Ireland (CnaP) Patrick McCartan (CnaP) James J. McCrea (Lab) Edward McGuire (Ind) Séamus O'Farrell (Ind) Edward Richards-Orpen (Ind) Edmund Sweetman (FG) Patrick Woulfe (Ind)
Elected or nominated later	1950 Mary Davidson (Lab)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaP: Clann na Poblachta CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

v t e « 6th Seanad « Members of the 7th Seanad (1951–1954) » 8th Seanad »
Cathaoirleach Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF)
Administrative Panel	Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Michael Hearne (FF) James J. McCrea (Lab) James McGee (Ind) Michael J. O'Higgins (FG) Thomas Ruane (FF) Patrick Teehan (FF)
Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Bernard Commons (CnaT) Patrick Gorry (FF) James Kilroy (FF) Michael Óg McFadden (FG) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) William Quirke (FF) James Tunney (Lab)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Michael Hayes (FG) Frank Loughman (FF) James B. Lynch (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Patrick F. O'Reilly (Ind)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) James G. Douglas (Ind) Jane Dowdall (FF) Seán Hartney (FF) Peter Lynch (Ind) Edward McGuire (Ind) Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (Ind) Frederick Summerfield (Ind)
Labour Panel	Pádraig Ághas (Ind) John Butler (FG) Michael Colgan (Ind) Noel Hartnett (CnaP) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) Vincent McHugh (FG) William McMullen (Lab) John Meighan (CnaT) Daniel O'Rourke (FF) Seán Ruane (Ind)
Dublin University	Gardner Budd (Ind) William Fearon (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)
National University	Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) George O'Brien (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Daniel Corkery (FF) Robert Farnan (FF) Seán Goulding (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Joseph Johnston (Ind) Eamon Kissane (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Seán O'Grady (FF) Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Michael Yeats (FF)
Elected or nominated later	1952 William J. E. Jessop (Ind) 1953 John F. Cunningham (Ind)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaP: Clann na Poblachta CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

v t e « 7th Seanad « Members of the 8th Seanad (1954–1957) » 9th Seanad »
Cathaoirleach Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Leader of the Seanad Michael Hayes (FG)
Administrative Panel	Gerry L'Estrange (FG) James McGee (Ind) John L. O'Sullivan (FG) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF) Patrick Teehan (FF) Louis Walsh (Ind)
Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Patrick Cogan (FF) Bernard Commons (CnaT) John Mannion Snr (FG) James J. McCrea (Lab) William O'Callaghan (FG) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) Micheál Prendergast (FG) William Quirke (FF) John Donnelly Sheridan (Ind)
Cultural and Educational Panel	James Crosbie (FG) Michael ffrench-O'Carroll (Ind) Eamon Kissane (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) Mary Davidson (Lab) Jane Dowdall (FF) Seán Hartney (FF) John Lynch (FG) Peter Lynch (Ind) Edward McGuire (Ind) Matthew Smith (FF)
Labour Panel	Richard Anthony (Ind) John Butler (FG) Victor Carton (FG) Patrick Crowley (Lab) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) Liam Kelly (Ind) Dominick Murphy (Lab) Frank Purcell (Ind) Seán Ruane (Ind) Patrick Tierney (Lab)
Dublin University	William Fearon (Ind) Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)
National University	Henry Barniville (FG) Roger McHugh (Ind) George O'Brien (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Patrick Bergin (Lab) Arthur Cox (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Henry Eustace Guinness (Ind) Michael Hayes (FG) James Hickey (Lab) John Meighan (CnaT) Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (Ind) Patrick O'Gorman (FG) James Reidy (FG) James Tunney (Lab)
Elected or nominated later	1954 John Douglas (Ind) 1956 Seamus Bohan (Ind) James O'Keeffe (FG) Joe Sheridan (Ind) William Woods (Ind)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent