Éamon Rooney (died 9 November 1993) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a member of the

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for twenty-one years. Rooney first stood for election to

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at a by-election on 29 October 1947 for the

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constituency, following the death of the Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD)

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. He was unsuccessful on that occasion, losing to the Clann na Poblachta candidate Seán MacBride, but was elected the following year at the 1948 general election, taking his seat in the 13th Dáil. He was re-elected at the next four general elections, before losing his seat at the 1965 general election to Fianna Fáil's Des Foley, a 25-year-old

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and

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star. Rooney was then elected to the

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by the Administrative Panel, where he sat until 1969. He stood again as a Dáil candidate at the 1969 general election, but lost again and retired from politics.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rooney, Eamon Year of birth missing 1993 deaths Fine Gael TDs Members of the 13th Dáil Members of the 14th Dáil Members of the 15th Dáil Members of the 16th Dáil Members of the 17th Dáil Members of the 11th Seanad Fine Gael senators Administrative Panel senators