Patrick T. Keohane (1870 – 4 December 1939) was an Irish politician. He was an

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member of

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from 1938 to 1939. He was

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to the

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on 10 May 1938 to fill the vacancy caused by the election of

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. He was again nominated to the

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in August 1938. He died in office in 1939 and

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was nominated to fill the vacancy.

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