About Nicholas Murphy
Lived 1880 – 1913 (aged 32–33). Nicholas Murphy was a British politician.
Nicholas Joseph Murphy (1880 – 27 April 1913) was an Irish nationalist politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) for South Kilkenny from 1907 to 1909.
His parents were publican and grocers, Nicholas became a Grocer and Spirit Merchant. He was educated at St. Kieran's College.
He was elected unopposed as an Irish Parliamentary Party MP for South Kilkenny at the 1907 by-election, following the resignation of James O'Mara who joined Sinn Féin.
He resigned in 1909 after being declared bankrupt, and was succeeded by Matthew Keating.
He stood unsuccessfully as an Independent Nationalist candidate at the December 1910 general election against Matthew Keating.
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Who was Nicholas Murphy?
Irish politician, died 1913
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Nicholas Murphy was born in 1880.
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Nicholas Murphy died on 27 April 1913.
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Nicholas Murphy was a politician.
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Nicholas Murphy was British.
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· DBpedia: Nicholas Joseph Murphy
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