Researching Patrick Clancy
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The name Patrick means "nobleman" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Patrick Clancy on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Patrick Clancy and the Clancy Family History
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Patrick Clancy (Irish politician)
Patrick Clancy (17 March 1877 – 21 February 1947) was an Irish Labour Party politician.
Born in Bruff, County Limerick in 1877, to John Clancy and Bridget Clancy (née Farrell). He was educated at St Patrick's seminary, Bruff, and became carpenter like his father.
A committed trade unionist, he was prominent in the Irish Land and Labour Association, and was a member of the Irish Volunteers, and the East Limerick brigade of the IRA.
He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick constituency at the 1923 general election. He was re-elected at the June 1927 and September 1927 general elections. He lost his seat at the 1932 general election, running as Independent Labour.
He married Bridget Higgins in 1911, and they had four children.
One of his brothers was George Clancy, who was assassinated in 1921 by the Black and Tans while serving as Mayor of Limerick.
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