Andy O'Brien (21 January 1915 – 4 December 2006) was a

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politician from

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. He was a

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from 1969 to 1982, and from 1983 to 1987. O'Brien was a teacher who served as principal of the national school in Crubany for more than 40 years. He was member of

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and Cavan Urban District Council for over 40 years, and a leading organiser of Fine Gael in the county. He was first elected to the

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in 1969, on the Agricultural Panel, and re-elected in 1973 on the Administrative Panel. In 1977, he was elected to the

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on the Labour Panel, which re-elected him in 1981. He did not contest the 1982 Seanad election, but in 1983 he was re-elected on the Labour Panel, and served until he stood down at the 1987 election.

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