Thomas Aloysius Finlay (11 October 1893 – 22 November 1932) was an Irish

Cumann na nGaedheal Cumann na nGaedheal (; "Society of the Gaels") was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. In 1933 it merged with smaller groups to form the Fine Gael party. Origins In 1922 the pro-Treaty ...

politician and

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who served as a

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(TD) for the Dublin County constituency from 1930 to 1932. In his short but varied career he had also been a District Justice and a senior official in the Department of Justice. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD for the Dublin County constituency at the 1930 by-election, caused by the death of Bryan Cooper of Cumann na nGaedheal. He was re-elected at the 1932 general election but died of

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the following November, aged 39. No by-election was held for his seat. His children included William Finlay (1921–2010), who was a governor of the Bank of Ireland, and Thomas Finlay, who was a

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Finlay, Thomas 1893 births 1932 deaths Cumann na nGaedheal TDs Irish barristers Members of the 6th Dáil Members of the 7th Dáil Politicians from County Dublin Deaths from typhoid fever