# Andrew Clarkin

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Irish politician (1891–1955)

Andrew Clarkin Senator In office 21 April 1948 – 23 November 1955 Constituency Industrial and Commercial Panel In office 18 August 1944 – 21 April 1948 Constituency Administrative Panel Lord Mayor of Dublin In office 1951–1953 Preceded by Jack Belton Succeeded by Bernard Butler Personal details Born 1891 (1891) Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland Died 23 November 1955(1955-11-23) (aged 63–64) Party Fianna Fáil Spouse Elizabeth Clarkin

**Andrew Sylvester Clarkin** (1891 – 23 November 1955) was an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) [Fianna Fáil](/source/Fianna_F%C3%A1il) politician.[1][2]

## Biography

Born in [Mullingar](/source/Mullingar), [County Westmeath](/source/County_Westmeath), Clarkin was the son of Andrew Clarkin and Rose Anne Corrigan.[3]

He stood for election to [Dáil Éireann](/source/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann) as a Fianna Fáil candidate for [Dublin South](/source/Dublin_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)) at the [1944 general election](/source/1944_Irish_general_election) but was unsuccessful.[4] He was elected to [Seanad Éireann](/source/Seanad_%C3%89ireann) on the [Administrative Panel](/source/Administrative_Panel) at the 1944 Seanad election. He was re-elected to the Seanad at the 1948, 1951 and 1954 Seanad elections on the [Industrial and Commercial Panel](/source/Industrial_and_Commercial_Panel). He was an unsuccessful candidate at the [1952 Dublin North-West by-election](/source/1952_Dublin_North-West_by-election).[4] He died in 1955 while serving in the [8th Seanad](/source/8th_Seanad).[1]

He served as [Lord Mayor of Dublin](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_Dublin) from 1951 to 1953.[5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-1) ["Andrew Clarkin"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Andrew-Sylvester-Clarkin.S.1944-08-18/). *Oireachtas Members Database*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181108184606/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Andrew-Sylvester-Clarkin.S.1944-08-18) from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864–1958*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** *Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915*

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-elecs_irl_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-elecs_irl_4-1) ["Andrew Clarkin"](http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2158). *ElectionsIreland.org*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111020082608/http://electionsireland.org//candidate.cfm?id=2158) from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020"](https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2020-09/lord-mayors-of-dublin-1665-2021.pdf) (PDF). *Dublin City Council*. June 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

## External links

- [Andrew Clarkin](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59626692) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

Civic offices Preceded by Jack Belton Lord Mayor of Dublin 1951–1953 Succeeded by Bernard Butler

v t e « 4th Seanad « Members of the 5th Seanad (1944–1948) » 6th Seanad » Cathaoirleach Seán Goulding (FF) Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF) Administrative Panel Andrew Clarkin (FF) Seán Goulding (FF) Michael Hayes (FG) Denis Healy (FF) Michael Hearne (FF) James McGee (Ind) Thomas Ruane (FF) Agricultural Panel Patrick Baxter (CnaT) John Counihan (Ind) Daniel Hogan (FF) Edmund Horan (CnaT) Patrick Kehoe (FF) Dominick MacCabe (Ind) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) William Quirke (FF) Gerard Sweetman (FG) Cultural and Educational Panel Patrick Doyle (FG) Louis O'Dea (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Patrick J. O'Reilly (Ind) James Parkinson (FG) Industrial and Commercial Panel Thomas Condon (Ind) Daniel Corkery (FF) James Crosbie (FG) Tadhg Crowley (FF) James G. Douglas (Ind) Luke Duffy (Lab) Peter Trainor Kelly (Ind) Seán MacEllin (FF) David Madden (FG) Labour Panel John Butler (FG) Thomas Hayden (Lab) James Johnston (Ind) John Thomas Keane (Ind) Thomas Kennedy (Lab) Sam Kyle (Lab) Peter Lynch (Ind) John Meighan (CnaT) Seán Ruane (Ind) Michael Smyth (Ind) James Tunney (Lab) Dublin University William Fearon (Ind) Joseph Johnston (Ind) T. C. Kingsmill Moore (Ind) National University Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) Michael J. Ryan (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach Seán Campbell (Lab) Robert Farnan (FF) Thomas Foran (Lab) T. V. Honan (FF) Sir John Keane (Ind) Margaret L. Kennedy (FF) William Magennis (Ind) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Matthew Stafford (FF) Elected or nominated later 1945 Frederick Summerfield (Ind) 1946 Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Ind) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Edward Pakenham (Ind) 1947 Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind) FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

v t e « 5th Seanad « Members of the 6th Seanad (1948–1951) » 7th Seanad » Cathaoirleach Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Leader of the Seanad Michael Hayes (FG) Administrative Panel John Finan (CnaT) Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Seán Goulding (FF) Michael Hearne (FF) James McGee (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Jeremiah Ryan (FG) Agricultural Panel Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Robert Malachy Burke (Lab) John Counihan (Ind) Seán Gibbons (FF) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Martin Quinn (Ind) William Quirke (FF) James Tunney (Lab) Cultural and Educational Panel Michael Hayes (FG) Cecil Lavery (FG) Frank Loughman (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab) Industrial and Commercial Panel Joseph Brennan (Ind) Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) James Crosbie (FG) Henry Morgan Dockrell (FG) Luke Duffy (Lab) T. V. Honan (FF) Peter Lynch (Ind) Frederick Summerfield (Ind) Labour Panel Richard Anthony (Ind) John Butler (FG) Seán Campbell (Lab) Michael Colgan (Ind) Andrew Fogarty (FF) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) John Meighan (CnaT) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Seán Ruane (Ind) Michael Smyth (Ind) Dublin University Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind) William Fearon (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind) National University of Ireland Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) George O'Brien (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach George C. Bennett (FG) Eleanor Howard (Lab) James G. Douglas (Ind) Denis Ireland (CnaP) Patrick McCartan (CnaP) James J. McCrea (Lab) Edward McGuire (Ind) Séamus O'Farrell (Ind) Edward Richards-Orpen (Ind) Edmund Sweetman (FG) Patrick Woulfe (Ind) Elected or nominated later 1950 Mary Davidson (Lab) FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaP: Clann na Poblachta CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

v t e « 6th Seanad « Members of the 7th Seanad (1951–1954) » 8th Seanad » Cathaoirleach Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF) Administrative Panel Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Michael Hearne (FF) James J. McCrea (Lab) James McGee (Ind) Michael J. O'Higgins (FG) Thomas Ruane (FF) Patrick Teehan (FF) Agricultural Panel Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Bernard Commons (CnaT) Patrick Gorry (FF) James Kilroy (FF) Michael Óg McFadden (FG) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) William Quirke (FF) James Tunney (Lab) Cultural and Educational Panel Michael Hayes (FG) Frank Loughman (FF) James B. Lynch (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Patrick F. O'Reilly (Ind) Industrial and Commercial Panel Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) James G. Douglas (Ind) Jane Dowdall (FF) Seán Hartney (FF) Peter Lynch (Ind) Edward McGuire (Ind) Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (Ind) Frederick Summerfield (Ind) Labour Panel Pádraig Ághas (Ind) John Butler (FG) Michael Colgan (Ind) Noel Hartnett (Ind) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) Vincent McHugh (FG) William McMullen (Lab) John Meighan (CnaT) Daniel O'Rourke (FF) Seán Ruane (Ind) Dublin University Gardner Budd (Ind) William Fearon (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind) National University Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) George O'Brien (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach Daniel Corkery (FF) Robert Farnan (FF) Seán Goulding (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Joseph Johnston (Ind) Eamon Kissane (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Seán O'Grady (FF) Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Michael Yeats (FF) Elected or nominated later 1952 William J. E. Jessop (Ind) 1953 John F. Cunningham (Ind) FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaP: Clann na Poblachta CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

v t e « 7th Seanad « Members of the 8th Seanad (1954–1957) » 9th Seanad » Cathaoirleach Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Leader of the Seanad Michael Hayes (FG) Administrative Panel Gerry L'Estrange (FG) James McGee (Ind) John L. O'Sullivan (FG) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF) Patrick Teehan (FF) Louis Walsh (Ind) Agricultural Panel Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Patrick Cogan (FF) Bernard Commons (CnaT) John Mannion Snr (FG) James J. McCrea (Lab) William O'Callaghan (FG) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) Micheál Prendergast (FG) William Quirke (FF) John Donnelly Sheridan (Ind) Cultural and Educational Panel James Crosbie (FG) Michael ffrench-O'Carroll (Ind) Eamon Kissane (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab) Industrial and Commercial Panel Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) Mary Davidson (Lab) Jane Dowdall (FF) Seán Hartney (FF) John Lynch (FG) Peter Lynch (Ind) Edward McGuire (Ind) Matthew Smith (FF) Labour Panel Richard Anthony (Ind) John Butler (FG) Victor Carton (FG) Patrick Crowley (Lab) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) Liam Kelly (Ind) Dominick Murphy (Lab) Frank Purcell (Ind) Seán Ruane (Ind) Patrick Tierney (Lab) Dublin University William Fearon (Ind) Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind) National University Henry Barniville (FG) Roger McHugh (Ind) George O'Brien (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach Patrick Bergin (Lab) Arthur Cox (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Henry Eustace Guinness (Ind) Michael Hayes (FG) James Hickey (Lab) John Meighan (CnaT) Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (Ind) Patrick O'Gorman (FG) James Reidy (FG) James Tunney (Lab) Elected or nominated later 1954 John Douglas (Ind) 1956 Seamus Bohan (Ind) James O'Keeffe (FG) Joe Sheridan (Ind) William Woods (Ind) FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

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