Richard Holohan

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title: "Richard Holohan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1882-births", "1954-deaths", "farmers'-party-(ireland)-tds", "national-centre-party-(ireland)-tds", "fine-gael-tds", "members-of-the-5th-dáil", "members-of-the-6th-dáil", "members-of-the-8th-dáil", "20th-century-irish-farmers", "independent-candidates-in-dáil-elections"] description: "Irish politician (1882–1954)" topic_path: "politics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Holohan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Irish politician (1882–1954) ::

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Field	Value
name	Richard Holohan
office	Teachta Dála
term_start	January 1933
term_end	July 1937
term_start1	June 1927
term_end1	February 1932
constituency1	Carlow–Kilkenny
nationality	Irish
party	Fine Gael
otherparty
birth_date
death_date
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| name = Richard Holohan | image = | office = Teachta Dála | term_start = January 1933 | term_end = July 1937 | term_start1 = June 1927 | term_end1 = February 1932 | constituency1 = Carlow–Kilkenny | nationality = Irish | party = Fine Gael | otherparty = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | education = | spouse = | children = Richard Holohan (11 January 1882 – 30 May 1954) was an Irish politician. A farmer, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the June 1927 general election as a Farmers' Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency and he was re-elected at the September 1927 general election. He lost his seat at the 1932 general election, where he stood as an Independent candidate.

He was elected as a National Centre Party TD at the 1933 general election. He became a Fine Gael TD on 8 September 1933 when Cumann na nGaedheal and the National Centre Party, along with the Army Comrades Association merged to form the new party of Fine Gael. He lost his seat at the 1937 general election, standing in the Kilkenny constituency.

References

References

1. "Richard Holohan". Oireachtas Members Database.
2. "Richard Holohan". ElectionsIreland.org.

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