Patrick Joseph O'Shaughnessy (1872 – 29 December 1920) was an Irish

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politician and

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(MP) in the House of Commons of the

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. He was first elected unopposed as the Irish Parliamentary Party MP for the Limerick West constituency at the 1900 general election. He was re-elected at the

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, January 1910 and

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general elections. He lost his seat at the 1918 general election.

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* 1872 births 1920 deaths Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Limerick constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub