About Francis Bulfin
Lived 1874 – 1951 (aged 77). Francis Bulfin was an Irish politician.
Francis Bulfin (12 February 1874 – 22 March 1951) was an Irish Sinn Féin and Cumann na nGaedheal politician based in Birr, County Offaly, who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) in the 1920s.
He was the brother of William Bulfin. Bulfin was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1921 general election to the Second Dáil as a Sinn Féin TD for Leix–Offaly.
He lost his seat at the June 1927 general election, when Cumann na nGaedheal lost two of its three seats in the constituency to the new Fianna Fáil party. Bulfin's local party organisation was described as "non-existent" and the party replaced him with a higher-profile candidate in the September 1927 general election.
Francis Bulfin was born a twin, but his twin brother, James Bulfin, died at birth.
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Irish politician
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Francis Bulfin was born on 12 February 1874 in County Offaly.
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Francis Bulfin died on 22 March 1951.
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Francis Bulfin was a politician.
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