Dominick Cafferky Explained

Dominick Cafferky
Death Date:15 March 1971
Spouse:Hannah Kilkenny

Dominick Cafferky (died 15 March 1971) was an Irish Clann na Talmhan politician. A farmer from Kilkelly, County Mayo, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Clann na Talmhan Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo South constituency at the 1943 general election.[1] He was re-elected at the 1944 general election but lost his seat at the 1948 general election. He re-gained his seat at the 1951 general election but again lost his seat at the 1954 general election. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1957 and 1961 general elections.[2]

In the early 1940s, Cafferky was imprisoned with Bernard Commons for one month in Sligo Prison for his part in land agitation in Mayo, after which he won a Dáil seat.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dominick Cafferky. Oireachtas Members Database. 9 April 2009.
  2. Web site: Dominick Cafferky. ElectionsIreland.org. 9 April 2009.
  3. News: TDs who have seen the inside of a cell. The Irish Times. 17 January 2001. 13 January 2008.