John Donnelly Sheridan (died 5 April 1963) was an Irish politician. He was an

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member of

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from 1954 to 1960. He was first elected to the

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in 1954 by the

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. He was re-elected at the 1957 and 1961 Seanad elections. He died in office in 1963, and Batt Donegan was elected to fill the vacancy.

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