About Thomas Curran
Lived 1840 – 1913 (aged 72–73). Thomas Curran was a politician.
Thomas Curran (1840 – 13 August 1913) was an Irish nationalist politician from County Donegal who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
He was elected as MP for the South Sligo at the 1892 general election, and held the seat until the 1900 general election. His son Thomas Bartholomew Curran (1870–1929) sat in Parliament for the same period, as MP first for Kilkenny City and then for North Donegal.
Both father and son owed their election to the Irish National Federation to whom Thomas senior made an unsecured loan of £10,000 to fund their campaign in the 1892 general election. According to Tim Healy:
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Who was Thomas Curran?
British politician (1840–1913)
When was Thomas Curran born?
Thomas Curran was born in 1840.
When did Thomas Curran die?
Thomas Curran died on 13 August 1913.
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Thomas Curran was a politician.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Thomas Curran (South Sligo MP)
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