About Bernard Collery
Lived 1838 – 1907 (aged 68–69). Bernard Collery was a politician.
Bernard Collery (1838 – 5 July 1907) was an Irish businessman and politician.
He was a member of Sligo Borough Council and Mayor of the city from 1882 to 1884. In 1882, he presented the city with a Mayor's chain of office, which is still used today.
In 1891 he was nominated as candidate of the Anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation faction of the Irish Parliamentary Party in a by-election in North Sligo. He won by a substantial majority over the Parnellite candidate, and remained as member for North Sligo until resigning in late January 1900.
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Irish politician and lawyer
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Bernard Collery was born in 1838.
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Bernard Collery died on 5 July 1907.
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