Dominick Cafferky

Dominick Cafferky (died 15 March 1971) was an Irish Clann na Talmhan politician. A farmer, from Kilkelly County Mayo, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1943 general election as a Clann na Talmhan Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo South constituency.^[1] He was re-elected at the 1944 general election but lost his seat at the 1948 general election. He re-gained his seat at the 1951 general election but again lost his seat at the 1954 general election. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1957 and 1961 general elections.^[2]

In the early 1940s, Cafferky was imprisoned with Bernard Commons for one month in Sligo Jail for his part in the Mayo land agitation, after which he won a Dáil seat.^[3]

See also

• List of imprisoned members of the Oireachtas

References

1. ^ "Mr. Dominick Cafferky". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=12&MemberID=150&ConstID=145. Retrieved 9 April 2009. 
2. ^ "Dominick Cafferky". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2103. Retrieved 9 April 2009. 
3. ^ Colman Cassidy (17 January 2001). "TDs who have seen the inside of a cell". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2001/0117/01011700043.html. Retrieved 13 January 2008. 

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