Hugh Tarpey (1821 – 3 January 1898) was a leading member of the

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and a supporter of the campaign for

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. He served as

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in 1877 and 1878, High Sheriff of Dublin and as a Justice of the Peace in

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. Tarpey was born in Clarecastle, County Clare, in 1821. He was elected as an

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for the Royal Exchange ward in 1861, serving until the 1886 local elections. He was an unsuccessful when he ran for the Liberals in Galway Borough. Hugh Tarpey ran a hotel known as Tarpey's Hotel at 7, 8 and 9 Nassau Street. His

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, 51 Upper Mount Street, in now the headquarters of

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. He served as Secretary of the Liberal Club. He died in Tarpey's Hotel in January 1898 and was buried in the O'Connell Circle in

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. His son, William Bernard Tarpey, also known as William Kingsley Tarpey, was a minor playwright in the late 19th century and early twentieth century.The Irish Times. 22 August 1911.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarpey, Hugh 1821 births 1898 deaths High Sheriffs of County Dublin Lord Mayors of Dublin Burials at Glasnevin Cemetery