Office: | Senator |
Term Start: | 22 May 1957 |
Term End: | 14 December 1961 |
Term Start1: | 14 August 1951 |
Term End1: | 22 July 1954 |
Constituency1: | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
Office2: | Parliamentary Secretary |
Suboffice2: | Finance |
Subterm2: | 1947–1948 |
Suboffice3: | Industry and Commerce |
Subterm3: | 1943–1946 |
Suboffice4: | Defence |
Subterm4: | 1936–1943 |
Suboffice5: | Lands and Fisheries |
Subterm5: | 1932–1943 |
Office6: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start6: | February 1932 |
Term End6: | May 1951 |
Constituency6: | Clare |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Birth Date: | 1 December 1889 |
Birth Place: | County Clare, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Clare, Ireland |
Seán O'Grady (1 December 1889 – 7 April 1966), or Seán Ó Gráda in Irish, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1] He was unsuccessful when he first stood as a candidate for Dáil Éireann at the June 1927 general election, in the Clare constituency, but was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) there at the 1932 general election.[2] He was re-elected there at every election until he lost his Dáil seat at the 1951 general election. In 1951, he was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 7th Seanad,[1] and in 1957, he was nominated to the 9th Seanad.[1]
O'Grady had been only a few months in the Dáil when he was appointed a Parliamentary Secretary. Over the next sixteen years until 1948 he served in a range of ministries as Parliamentary Secretary, including Lands and Fisheries; Defence; Industry and Commerce; and Finance. He was defeated in his final campaign at the 1957 general election.