Con Meaney | |
Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | October 1961 |
Term End: | April 1965 |
Constituency: | Cork Mid |
Term Start1: | July 1937 |
Term End1: | June 1943 |
Constituency1: | Cork North |
Birth Name: | Cornelius Meaney |
Birth Date: | 8 December 1890 |
Birth Place: | Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland |
Death Place: | Cork, Ireland |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Spouse: | Nora Connell |
Children: | 2, including Thomas |
Cornelius Meaney (8 December 1890 – 11 September 1970) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1937 to 1943 and 1961 to 1965.[1]
Meaney was first elected as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Cork North constituency at the 1937 general election. He was re-elected at the 1938 general election but lost his seat at the 1943 general election. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1944, 1948 and 1951 general elections. He contested the 1961 general election and was elected for the Cork Mid constituency.[2] He retired at the 1965 general election, and his son Thomas Meaney succeeded him as the Fianna Fáil TD for Cork Mid.[2]