John Blennerhassett (1930 – 22 September 2013) was an Irish Fine Gael politician from

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

. A farm owner and former drapery buyer, he stood as a Fine Gael candidate for

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in the Kerry North constituency at the

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, and 1977 general elections. Blennerhassett did not stand for the Dáil again, but after his 1973 defeat he was nominated by the Taoiseach

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to the

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. He was re-elected in 1977 to the

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and in 1981 to the

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. He died in September 2013. A previous John Blennerhassett was Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer from 1621–24. He belonged to the Fermanagh branch of the family and was a cousin of Robert Blennerhassett who founded the Kerry branch.

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