Pierce Butler (1 September 1922 – 20 February 1999) was a

creamery A creamery is a place where milk and cream are processed and where butter and cheese is produced. Cream is separated from whole milk; pasteurization is done to the skimmed milk and cream separately. Whole milk for sale has had some cream re ...

manager and

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politician from

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

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. He was a

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from 1969 to 1982. Butler was born in Waterford in 1922, the son of the

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ist

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, who later served as a Labour Party TD and Senator. He moved to

to become an assistant manager of

Mitchelstown Mitchelstown () is a town in County Cork, Ireland with a population of approximately 3,740. Mitchelstown is situated in the valley to the south of the Galtee Mountains, 12 km south-west of the Mitchelstown Caves, 28 km from Cahir, 50& ...

Creamery, and lived in

Cahir Cahir (; ) is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the barony of Iffa and Offa West. Location and access For much of the twentieth century, Cahir stood at an intersection of two busy national roadways: the Dublin ...

, where he became active in a number of local organisations, including

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, and the Cahir

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. He married Eileen Sampson, whose brother was a member of Tipperary County Council, and became involved in the local Fine Gael party, using his business experience to help resolve the local party's financial difficulties. Butler was elected in 1969 to the

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, on the

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, and was re-elect to the next three Seanads until he stood down at 1983 election to the

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1922 births 1999 deaths Fine Gael senators Members of the 12th Seanad Members of the 13th Seanad Members of the 14th Seanad Members of the 15th Seanad Politicians from County Tipperary People from Cahir {{Ireland-senator-stub

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