Andrew O'Shaughnessy (politician)
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Andrew O'Shaughnessy was an Irish
politician and industrialist. O'Shaughnessy started his career with the opening of a creamery in Newmarket in 1895. He then added other creamries in Cork and Tipperary to build the Newmarket Dairy Company which eventually had twenty four branches.
In 1903 he purchased Dripsey Woolen Mills from Charles Olden. In the following years he added Kilkenny Woolen mills, Sallybrook Woolen Mills, Bridgetown Flour mills and Dock Milling Company, Dublin to his ownership thus establishing himself as one the leading woolen manufacturers in Ireland. Publishing interests included a stake in Standard Press Ltd and Juverna Press Ltd Dublin. During this time he also built about 70 cottages for the mill workers in what is now known as the Model Village in Dripsey. Newspaper reports from the time comment on the quality of Dripsey tweed and drapery of which 90 per cent was for export to Paris, London, Asia and Canada. After his death in 1956 Dripsey woolen Mills remained in the family and went on to win 8 Gold Medals at the Sacramento fair in the 1960s. The mills eventually closed in the late 1980's.
He was elected to Dáil Éireann
as a Teachta Dála
(TD) for the Cork Borough
constituency at the 1923 general election
. In June 1924 the then Minister for External Affairs, Mr Desmond Fitzgerald, appointed Mr O’Shaughnessy as representative from Ireland at the International Labour Conference at Geneva. His party label, "Cork Progressive Association", was a name used by the Business and Professional Group
, a loose association of businessmen in the Third Dáil
. He did not contest the June 1927 general election.
O'Shaughnessy had a passion for restoring residences of character in Cork and over his life lived in over sixteen different properties. Amongst the residences he lived in were St Raphael's house, Montenotte, Windsor in Rochestown (now Rochestown Park Hotel) and Dripsey castle (formerly the home of the Bowen-Colthurst family) where the O'Shaughnessy family still reside.
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politician and industrialist. O'Shaughnessy started his career with the opening of a creamery in Newmarket in 1895. He then added other creamries in Cork and Tipperary to build the Newmarket Dairy Company which eventually had twenty four branches.
In 1903 he purchased Dripsey Woolen Mills from Charles Olden. In the following years he added Kilkenny Woolen mills, Sallybrook Woolen Mills, Bridgetown Flour mills and Dock Milling Company, Dublin to his ownership thus establishing himself as one the leading woolen manufacturers in Ireland. Publishing interests included a stake in Standard Press Ltd and Juverna Press Ltd Dublin. During this time he also built about 70 cottages for the mill workers in what is now known as the Model Village in Dripsey. Newspaper reports from the time comment on the quality of Dripsey tweed and drapery of which 90 per cent was for export to Paris, London, Asia and Canada. After his death in 1956 Dripsey woolen Mills remained in the family and went on to win 8 Gold Medals at the Sacramento fair in the 1960s. The mills eventually closed in the late 1980's.
He was elected to Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann is the lower house, but principal chamber, of the Oireachtas , which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann . It is directly elected at least once in every five years under the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote...
as a Teachta Dála
Teachta Dála
A Teachta Dála , usually abbreviated as TD in English, is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas . It is the equivalent of terms such as "Member of Parliament" or "deputy" used in other states. The official translation of the term is "Deputy to the Dáil", though a more literal...
(TD) for the Cork Borough
Cork Borough (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Cork Borough was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1969...
constituency at the 1923 general election
Irish general election, 1923
The Irish general election of 1923 was held on 27 August 1923. The newly elected members of the 4th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 19 September when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed. The election was held just after the end...
. In June 1924 the then Minister for External Affairs, Mr Desmond Fitzgerald, appointed Mr O’Shaughnessy as representative from Ireland at the International Labour Conference at Geneva. His party label, "Cork Progressive Association", was a name used by the Business and Professional Group
Business and Professional Group
The Business and Professional Group was a minor political party in the Irish Free State that existed between 1922 and 1923. It largely comprised ex-Unionist businessmen and professionals., fielding five candidates in Dublin and Cork at the 1922 general election, one of whom was elected...
, a loose association of businessmen in the Third Dáil
Third Dáil
The Third Dáil, also known as the Provisional Parliament or the Constituent Assembly, was:*the "provisional parliament" or "constituent assembly" of Southern Ireland from 9 August 1922 until 6 December 1922; and...
. He did not contest the June 1927 general election.
O'Shaughnessy had a passion for restoring residences of character in Cork and over his life lived in over sixteen different properties. Amongst the residences he lived in were St Raphael's house, Montenotte, Windsor in Rochestown (now Rochestown Park Hotel) and Dripsey castle (formerly the home of the Bowen-Colthurst family) where the O'Shaughnessy family still reside.