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John J. Farrell

d. 1854

Irish politician

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About John J. Farrell

John Joseph Farrell ( 1871 – 31 May 1954) was an Irish businessman and politician. He was a member of Dublin Corporation, and served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1911 to 1912. He as a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party.

Farrell is recorded in the 1911 census of Ireland, when he was Lord Mayor of Dublin and living in the Mansion House. He married Mary Josephine in 1898; and they had six children. In 1917, he claimed £77 10s for damage caused by gunfire during the 1916 Easter Rising to a building owned by the Irish Kinematograph Company in O'Connell Street. The Property Losses Committee recommended a payment of £20.

On 10 February 1920, his home in Drumcondra was raided by British forces, under the DORA act.

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Who was John J. Farrell?

Irish politician

When did John J. Farrell die?

John J. Farrell died on 31 May 1854.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John J. Farrell

· Wikidata: Q124803353

· DBpedia: John J. Farrell (Irish politician)

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