John Cherry Drennan JP DL (born 1899 died 1983) was a unionist

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. Drennan studied at Foyle College before working as a

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in the Limavady area. He became active in the

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, and served for it in the

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from 1961 until it was prorogued in 1972.John F. Harbinson, ''The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973'', p.206

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Drennan, John Cherry 1899 births Year of death missing Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1957–1961 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1961–1965 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1965–1969 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1969–1973 Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland People educated at Foyle College