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Alderman Michael Flanagan (29 September 1833 – 16 October 1931), known as "the Alderman", was a farmer, market gardener,
justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
and Irish nationalist politician and long-time member of
Dublin Corporation Dublin Corporation (), known by generations of Dubliners simply as ''The Corpo'', is the former name of the city government and its administrative organisation in Dublin since the 1100s. Significantly re-structured in 1660-1661, even more sign ...
, setting the record for the longest tenure on the corporation at that time, retiring at the age of 86. A member of the corporation from 1884 to 1919, Flanagan is said to have turned down the Lord Mayoralty of Dublin in 1900 because as a nationalist he did not wish to receive Queen Victoria on her visit to Ireland. He was listed as a justice of the peace as of 1894. Flanagan was the father of the practical joker Willie "The Bird" Flanagan, and of Louisa Flanagan, wife of the First President of the Executive Council
W. T. Cosgrave William Thomas Cosgrave (5 June 1880 – 16 November 1965) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as the president of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932, leader of the Opposition in both the Free State and Ir ...
. As a landowner and market gardener, Flanagan supplied much of Dublin with vegetables. Flanagan and his family lived in an 1820 house off the South Circular Road, Portmahon House, Rialto. He owned extensive lands around South-West County Dublin. In 2014
Dublin City Council Dublin City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath) is the authority responsible for local government in the city of Dublin in Ireland. As a city council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. Until 2001, the council wa ...
named a community garden on the site of the former Fatima Mansions as "Flanagan's Fields" after him.


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1833 births 1931 deaths Members of Dublin City Council Irish Nationalist politicians Irish justices of the peace {{Ireland-bio-stub