Patrick Finucane (5 December 1899 – 10 April 1984) was an Irish

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politician who served as a

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(TD) for the Kerry North constituency from 1943 to 1969. Born on a family farm at Prohus,

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, he was the eldest of nine children. In 1917 he joined the

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and took part in the

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. Following the split on the

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, he took the

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side. He married and had a farm at Urlee,

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. He was involved in farming organisations and in 1942 was elected to

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. He was chosen to contest the 1943 general election by the Kerry Farmers' Association. and was elected as a TD for the Kerry North constituency. He subsequently joined

, sitting on the opposition benches. He was re-elected at the

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and

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general elections. Clann na Talmhan was part of the Inter Party Government formed after the election. Finucane resigned from the party on 28 April 1951 in protest at the treatment of dairy farmers. He was elected as an

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TD at the 1951 general election, he returned to Clann na Talmhan at the 1954 general election, but sat again as an independent from the 1957 general election. Two weeks after his re-election

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he had an accident and suffered a serious head injury. After being in a coma for three weeks he never fully recovered and retired at the 1969 general election.

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