Jeremiah Jordan

Jeremiah Jordan J.P. (1830 – 21 December 1911) was an Irish Protestant Nationalist politician and MP. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented West Clare from 1885 to 1892, and South Fermanagh from 1895 to 1910.

Jordan was born in Tattinbar, eldest son of Samuel Jordan, farmer, and was educated at the Mulnlburtlin National Primary School, as well as at the Portora Royal School in Enniskillen Directory: "Who was Who, 1897-1916", p.386 ] .

A merchant by profession, he became a member of the Fermanagh Urban Council, the Enniskillen Board of Guardians, the Fermanagh C.C. and of the Joint Committee of the Asylum for Tyrone and Fermanagh .

He was connected with Temperance and kindred movements for many years. He was a member of the Tenant’s Association, the Land League, the Irish National League and the United Irish League (UIL), successively .

The local branch of the UIL in Enniskillen which was largely dominated by working-class members was disaffiliated after it criticised merchants who dominated nationalist politics in the town – notably Jeremiah Jordan and his successor, Patrick Crumley – for decorating shops with Union Jacks and subscribing to a military monument [Maume, Patrick, "The long Gestation, Irish Nationalist Life 1891-1918", p. 35, Gill & Macmillan (1999) ISBN 0-7171-2744-3] .

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