Batt Donegan Explained

Office:Senator
Term Start:28 November 1963
Term End:23 June 1965
Constituency:Agricultural Panel
Office1:Teachta Dála
Term Start1:March 1957
Term End1:October 1961
Constituency1:Cork North
Birth Name:Bartholomew Donegan
Birth Date:21 December 1910
Birth Place:County Cork, Ireland
Death Place:County Cork, Ireland
Party:Fianna Fáil

Bartholomew Donegan (21 December 1910 – 26 August 1978) was a Fianna Fáil politician from County Cork in Ireland.[1] He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1957 to 1961, and a Senator from 1963 to 1965.

A farmer and horse breeder,[1] Donegan stood unsuccessfully as a Fianna Fáil candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Cork North constituency at the 1954 general election, before winning the seat at the 1957 general election. After boundary changes, he was defeated in the new Cork North-East constituency at the 1961 general election, and although he stood again in 1969 in Cork Mid, he never returned to the Dáil.[2]

After the loss of his Dáil seat in 1961, Donegan was elected to the 10th Seanad in a by-election on the Agricultural Panel on 28 November 1963, but was defeated at the 1965 election to the 11th Seanad.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bartholomew Donegan. Oireachtas Members Database. 14 February 2008.
  2. Web site: Batt Donegan . ElectionsIreland.org. 14 February 2008.