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Patrick Joseph Hooper (died 6 September 1931) was an Irish politician, barrister and journalist. In 1915 was called to the English and Welsh bar by
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. Hooper was the last editor of the Freeman's Journal. Imprisoned for a month in 1920 along with Fitzgerald and Edwards, for publishing an article about British Army/Black and Tans brutality. He was an
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member of Seanad Éireann from 1927 to 1931. A journalist, he was elected at a by-election on 23 March 1927 taking the seat vacated by the death of Martin Fitzgerald. He was Leas-Chathaoirleach of the Seanad from 6 May 1931 until his death in September 1931.
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was elected at a by-election to replace him. His father John Hooper was also a politician and journalist and is referred to in Ulysses by James Joyce.John Hooper
by Felix Larkin, RIA-Cambridge Dictionary of Irish Biography.


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Year of birth missing 1931 deaths Independent members of Seanad Éireann Members of the 1925 Seanad Members of the 1928 Seanad Politicians from Dublin (city) Journalists from Dublin (city) {{Ireland-senator-stub