Thomas Farren Explained

Office1:Senator
Term Start1:11 December 1922
Term End1:29 May 1936
Birth Date:11 December 1879
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Dublin, Ireland
Party:Labour Party
Spouse:Nellie Farren
Branch:Irish Citizen Army
Battles:Easter Rising

Thomas Farren (11 December 1879 – 26 March 1955) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.[1]

Farren stood unsuccessfully for a UK Parliament by-election for Dublin College Green in 1915.

In 1916 he participated in the Easter Rising as part of the Irish Citizen Army.[2]

Farren was a member of the Stonecutters' Union of Ireland and served as the president of the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1920.[2]

Farren was elected to the new Irish Free State Seanad in 1922 for 9 years.[1] He was re-elected in 1931 for another 9-year term and served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thomas Farren. Oireachtas Members Database. 3 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Farren, Thomas . Murphy . Angela . September 2014 . . 7 June 2023 .