Frederick Hugh Crowley (31 December 1890 – 5 May 1945) was an Irish

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politician who served as a

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(TD) from 1927 to 1945. He was born on 31 December 1890 in the family home at Gurteen,

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, son of Michael N. Crowley, manufacturer, and Honor Crowley (née Cronin). He was Educated at the

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School, Cork, and the University of Leeds (1909–12), he graduated with a diploma in textile industry (July 1912) and moved to Rathmore, County Kerry, where his family then resided. He was an enthusiastic supporter of

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and joined the

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in 1914. He later served with the

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, taking part in many raids including an attack on Rathmore RIC barracks. A member of

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from 1917, he took the anti-treaty side in the Irish Civil War and joined Fianna Fáil at its foundation. A lecturer and farmer, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the

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constituency at the September 1927 general election. He was re-elected to the Dáil at the next seven general elections, switching to the new Kerry South constituency at the 1937 general election. He died in 1945 while still in office. After his death, the

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in Kerry South on 4 December 1945 was won for Fianna Fáil by his widow, Honor Crowley. It was the first case anywhere in Ireland of a woman succeeding her husband at a by-election. Honor Crowley, a daughter of the MP

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, remained a TD until her death in 1966.Heirs to the Kingdom: Kerry's Political Dynasties by Owen O'Shea (O'Brien Press, 2011)

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