Seán McCarthy (Cork politician)

Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1889–1974) For other people named Sean McCarthy, see Sean McCarthy (disambiguation).

Seán McCarthy

Teachta Dála
In office April 1961 – April 1965
Constituency	Cork Mid
In office May 1954 – April 1961
Constituency	Cork South
In office May 1951 – May 1954
Constituency	Cork Borough
In office May 1944 – February 1948
Constituency	Cork South-East

Personal details
Born	1889 Upton, County Cork, Ireland
Died	14 March 1974(1974-03-14) (aged 84–85) Cork, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Alma mater	De La Salle College Waterford
Occupation	Teacher

Seán McCarthy (1889 – 14 March 1974) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A teacher by profession, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-East constituency at the 1944 general election but lost his seat at the 1948 general election running in the Cork Borough constituency. He was re-elected for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1951 general election. McCarthy was elected from the Cork South constituency at the 1954 Irish general election and the 1957 Irish general election. The last time McCarthy was elected was to represent the Cork Mid constituency at the 1961 Irish general election.

McCarthy also served as Lord Mayor of Cork on four occasions, from 1949 to 1951, 1958 to 1959, 1963 to 1964, and 1966 to 1967.

He was president of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1932 to 1935.

References

"Seán MacCarthy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
^ "Seán MacCarthy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
"Previous Mayors of Cork". Cork City Council. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
"GAA Presidents". Gaelic Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
"'As a Gael should meet Gaels' – The Gaelic Athletic Association in the Irish Free State". Retrieved 2 September 2014.

Sporting positions
Preceded bySeán Ryan	President of the Gaelic Athletic Association 1932–1935	Succeeded byBob O'Keeffe
Civic offices
Preceded byMichael Sheehan	Lord Mayor of Cork 1949–1951	Succeeded byWalter Furlong
Preceded byValentine Jago	Lord Mayor of Cork 1958–1959	Succeeded byJane Dowdall
Preceded bySeán Casey	Lord Mayor of Cork 1963–1964	Succeeded byGus Healy
Preceded bySeán Casey	Lord Mayor of Cork 1966–1967	Succeeded byPearse Wyse

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Cork South-East constituency

This table is transcluded from Cork South-East (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)

Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)
9th	1937		Jeremiah Hurley (Lab)	Martin Corry (FF)	Brook Brasier (FG)
10th	1938		Jeremiah Hurley (Lab)		Brook Brasier (FG)
11th	1943		Thomas Looney (Lab)		William Broderick (FG)
12th	1944		Seán McCarthy (FF)		William Broderick (FG)
13th	1948	Constituency abolished

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Cork Borough constituency

This table is transcluded from Cork Borough (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)

Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)					Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921		Liam de Róiste (SF)	Mary MacSwiney (SF)	Donal O'Callaghan (SF)	J. J. Walsh (SF)	4 seats 1921–1923
3rd	1922		Liam de Róiste (PT-SF)	Mary MacSwiney (AT-SF)	Robert Day (Lab)	J. J. Walsh (PT-SF)	4 seats 1921–1923
4th	1923		Richard Beamish (Ind)	Mary MacSwiney (Rep)	Andrew O'Shaughnessy (Ind)	J. J. Walsh (CnaG)		Alfred O'Rahilly (CnaG)
4th	1924 by-election		Richard Beamish (Ind)	Mary MacSwiney (Rep)	Andrew O'Shaughnessy (Ind)			Michael Egan (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)		John Horgan (NL)	Seán French (FF)	Richard Anthony (Lab)			Barry Egan (CnaG)
6th	1927 (Sep)		W. T. Cosgrave (CnaG)	Seán French (FF)	Richard Anthony (Lab)	Hugo Flinn (FF)		Barry Egan (CnaG)
7th	1932			Thomas Dowdall (FF)	Richard Anthony (Ind)			William Desmond (CnaG)
8th	1933							William Desmond (CnaG)
9th	1937		W. T. Cosgrave (FG)				4 seats 1937–1948
10th	1938				James Hickey (Lab)
11th	1943			Frank Daly (FF)	Richard Anthony (Ind)	Séamus Fitzgerald (FF)
12th	1944		William Dwyer (Ind)			Walter Furlong (FF)
12th	1946 by-election		Patrick McGrath (FF)			Walter Furlong (FF)
13th	1948			Michael Sheehan (Ind)	James Hickey (NLP)	Jack Lynch (FF)		Thomas F. O'Higgins (FG)
14th	1951			Seán McCarthy (FF)	James Hickey (Lab)			Thomas F. O'Higgins (FG)
14th	1954 by-election			Seán McCarthy (FF)	James Hickey (Lab)			Stephen Barrett (FG)
15th	1954			Anthony Barry (FG)	Seán Casey (Lab)
15th	1956 by-election		John Galvin (FF)	Anthony Barry (FG)
16th	1957			Gus Healy (FF)
17th	1961			Anthony Barry (FG)
17th	1964 by-election		Sheila Galvin (FF)	Anthony Barry (FG)
18th	1965		Gus Healy (FF)	Pearse Wyse (FF)
18th	1967 by-election		Gus Healy (FF)	Pearse Wyse (FF)	Seán French (FF)
19th	1969	Constituency abolished. See Cork City North-West and Cork City South-East

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Cork South constituency

This table is transcluded from Cork South (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)

Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)
13th	1948		Dan Desmond (Lab)	Seán Buckley (FF)	Patrick Lehane (CnaT)
14th	1951			Seán Buckley (FF)	Patrick Lehane (Ind)
15th	1954			Seán McCarthy (FF)	Tadhg Manley (FG)
16th	1957			Seán McCarthy (FF)	Tadhg Manley (FG)
17th	1961	Constituency abolished

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Cork Mid constituency

This table is transcluded from Cork Mid (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)

Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)					Deputy (Party)
17th	1961		Dan Desmond (Lab)	Seán McCarthy (FF)	Con Meaney (FF)	Denis J. O'Sullivan (FG)	4 seats 1961–1977
17th	1965 by-election		Eileen Desmond (Lab)	Seán McCarthy (FF)	Con Meaney (FF)	Denis J. O'Sullivan (FG)
18th	1965		Eileen Desmond (Lab)	Flor Crowley (FF)	Thomas Meaney (FF)	Donal Creed (FG)
19th	1969		Philip Burton (FG)	Paddy Forde (FF)
19th	1972 by-election		Philip Burton (FG)	Gene Fitzgerald (FF)
20th	1973		Eileen Desmond (Lab)
21st	1977		Eileen Desmond (Lab)					Barry Cogan (FF)
22nd	1981	Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central

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