Daniel James Moloney (14 October 1909 – 26 June 1963) was an Irish

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christian- ...

politician who served as a

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for the

Industrial and Commercial Panel The Industrial and Commercial Panel ( ga, An Rolla Tionscail Agus Tráchtála) is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). The Ind ...

from 1961 to 1963 and a

Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parli ...

(TD) for the Kerry North constituency from 1957 to 1961. A former motor trader, Moloney was elected to

Dáil Éireann Dáil Éireann ( , ; ) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).Article 15.1.2º of the Constitution of Ireland read ...

on his first attempt, at the 1957 general election, taking his seat in the

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. The seat had been won at the previous election for

Clann na Poblachta Clann na Poblachta (; "Family/Children of the Republic") was an Irish republican political party founded in 1946 by Seán MacBride, a former Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army. Foundation Clann na Poblachta was officially launched on ...

Johnny Connor John O'Connor (1 July 1899 – 11 December 1955), known politically as Johnny Connor, was an Irish Clann na Poblachta politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry North constituency from 1954 to 1955. Soldier O'Connor was born i ...

, and retained at the by-election after Connor's death by his daughter Kathleen O'Connor, who did not stand in 1957. The Kerry North constituency was reduced from four seats to three at the 1961 general election, and Moloney was the only outgoing TD not to be re-elected. His

colleague Tom McEllistrim was returned to the

17th Dáil 17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number. Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers. In mathematics 17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the fourth super-prime, as s ...

, the other seats going to Labour Party's

Dan Spring Dan Spring (1 July 1910 – 1 January 1988) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry North constituency from 1943 to 1981. He was a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government fr ...

and the independent TD Patrick Finucane. After the loss of his Dáil seat, Moloney was elected to the

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as a senator for the

. Howevever, he died two years later, on 26 June 1963, and the by-election for his seat in the Seanad was won by John Costelloe.The sources are ambiguous about the name of the winner of the Seanad

by-election on 28 November 1963
Oireachtas members database
lists his name as "John Costello", bu
the record of Seanad proceedings
names the new senator as "John Costelloe", and the latter spelling is also used in th
record of the first Seanad division in which he voted
and in subsequent proceedings.

References

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