Thomas Farren

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Thomas Farren (died 26 March 1955) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.[1] He was a member of the Stonecutters' Union of Ireland and served as the president of the Irish Trade Union Congress in 1920.

He stood unsuccessfully for a UK Parliament by-election for Dublin College Green in 1915.

He was elected to the new Irish Free State Seanad in 1922 for 9 years.[1] He was re-elected in 1931 for another 9 year term and served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mr. Thomas Farren". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2013. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Thomas Cassidy
President of the Irish Trade Union Congress
1920
Succeeded by
Thomas Foran
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