About Dominick Cafferky
Lived 1912 – 1971 (aged 58–59). Dominick Cafferky was an Irish politician and farmer.
Dominick Cafferky (died 15 March 1971) was an Irish Clann na Talmhan politician. A farmer from Kilkelly, County Mayo, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Clann na Talmhan Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo South constituency at the 1943 general election. He was re-elected at the 1944 general election but lost his seat at the 1948 general election. He re-gained his seat at the 1951 general election but again lost his seat at the 1954 general election. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1957 and 1961 general elections.
In the early 1940s, Cafferky was imprisoned with Bernard Commons for one month in Sligo Prison for his part in land agitation in Mayo, after which he won a Dáil seat.
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Who was Dominick Cafferky?
Irish politician
When was Dominick Cafferky born?
Dominick Cafferky was born in 1912.
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Dominick Cafferky died on 15 March 1971.
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Dominick Cafferky was a politician and farmer.
What nationality was Dominick Cafferky?
Dominick Cafferky was Irish.
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