Bartholomew Donegan (21 December 1910 – 26 August 1978) was a
Fianna Fáil
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politician from
County Cork
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in
Ireland
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.
He was a
Teachta Dála
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(TD) from 1957 to 1961, and a
Senator
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from 1963 to 1965.
A farmer and horse breeder,
[ Donegan stood unsuccessfully as a Fianna Fáil candidate for ]Dáil Éireann
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in the Cork North constituency at the 1954 general election, before winning the seat at the 1957 general election. After boundary changes, he was defeated in the new Cork North-East constituency at the 1961 general election, and although he stood again in 1969
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in Cork Mid, he never returned to the Dáil.10th Seanad
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in a by-election on the Agricultural Panel
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on 28 November 1963, but was defeated at the 1965 election to the 11th Seanad
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References
1910 births
1978 deaths
Fianna Fáil TDs
Members of the 10th Seanad
Members of the 16th Dáil
Politicians from County Cork
Fianna Fáil senators
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