John Guiney (1 October 1868 – 28 May 1931) was an Irish

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politician and

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(MP) in the

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of the

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. Born in Newmarket,

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, he was the second son of Timothy Guiney, a shopkeeper and later clerk of

Kanturk Kanturk () is a town in the north west of County Cork, Ireland. It is situated at the confluence of the Allua (Allow) and Dallow (Dalua) rivers, which stream further on as tributaries to the River Blackwater. It is about from Cork, Blarney and ...

poor law union, and Ellen Carver. In the 1890s, he qualified as a solicitor and took up practice in

. He was first elected as the

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MP for the North Cork constituency at the 4 November 1913 by-election, which was held due to the death of the incumbent All-for-Ireland MP,

Patrick Guiney Patrick Guiney (16 March 1867 – 12 Oct 1913) was an Irish Nationalist politician, agrarian agitator and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Born in Newmarket, County Cork, ...

, who was his eldest brother. Like all All-for-Ireland League MPs, Guiney did not contest the 1918 general election as it had become evident that constitutional political concepts for attaining independent All-Ireland self-government were being displaced by

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. He died at his home at Egmont Place, Kanturk, County Cork, on 29 June 1931. He was the father of David Guiney, an Irish Olympic athlete, sports journalist and historian. He was an uncle of Philip Burton,

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TD for Cork North-East from 1961 to 1969, and member of the Seanad from 1973 to 1977.

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'', 22 June 1931, p. 4.

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* 1868 births 1931 deaths All-for-Ireland League MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Cork constituencies (1801–1922) People from Kanturk Politicians from County Cork UK MPs 1910–1918 {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub