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(MP) for the Anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation for South Kerry from 1895 to 1900, representing the county in the

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. Farrell was elected to the

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at a

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on 5 September 1895. The outgoing MP for South Kerry,

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, had been re-elected in South Kerry at the general election in July 1895, but had also been elected for North Galway, and chose to sit for that seat. The only other candidate at the by-election was

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-born

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, standing on this occasion as an "

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nationalist". Murphy was a former MP for

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, and a wealthy businessman who was the principal backer of the "

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" newspapers the ''National Press'' and the ''Daily Nation''. Farrell won the seat with a large majority, but did not contest the general election in 1900, when the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) reunited and

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was returned unopposed as the IPP MP for South Kerry.Walker, op. cit., page 160

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* 1847 births 1913 deaths UK MPs 1895–1900 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kerry constituencies (1801–1922) Anti-Parnellite MPs {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub