Maurice O'Connell (Fine Gael)
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Maurice O'Connell is a former Fine Gael
politician in Ireland
. He was a Senator
from 1981 to 1983, elected to the short-lived 15th and 16th Seanads on the Labour Panel. He was defeated in the 1983 election to the 17th Seanad.
His great uncle Sir William Bernard Hickie
served as a Senator from 1925 to 1936.
His grandfather Henry Hugh Peter Deasy (1866 – February 1947) was an army officer, founder of the Deasy Motor Car Company and a writer. He was born in Dublin. And was one of the first westerners to map uncharted areas of Chinese turkestan (tibet) approx 4000 square miles (10,360 km²) were surveyed over a three year period commencing 1898.
Fine Gael
Fine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...
politician in Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. He was a Senator
Seanad Éireann
Seanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas , which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann . It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its members Senators or Seanadóirí . Unlike Dáil Éireann, it is not directly elected but consists of a mixture of members chosen by...
from 1981 to 1983, elected to the short-lived 15th and 16th Seanads on the Labour Panel. He was defeated in the 1983 election to the 17th Seanad.
His great uncle Sir William Bernard Hickie
William Bernard Hickie
Sir William Bernard Hickie was an Irish born Major General of the British Army and an Irish nationalist politician....
served as a Senator from 1925 to 1936.
See also
- Families in the OireachtasFamilies in the OireachtasThere is a tradition in Irish politics of having family members succeed each other, frequently in the same parliamentary seat. This article lists families where two or more members of that family have been members of either of the houses of the Oireachtas or of the European Parliament...
His grandfather Henry Hugh Peter Deasy (1866 – February 1947) was an army officer, founder of the Deasy Motor Car Company and a writer. He was born in Dublin. And was one of the first westerners to map uncharted areas of Chinese turkestan (tibet) approx 4000 square miles (10,360 km²) were surveyed over a three year period commencing 1898.