Michael Duffy (Irish politician)

Michael Duffy
Senator
In office
11 December 1922 – 29 May 1936
Personal details
BornCounty Meath, Ireland
Died1957
Political partyLabour Party

Michael Duffy (died 1957) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official from Dunshaughlin, County Meath.[1][2]

He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1922 to 1936. He was a member of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union and served as the president of the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1934.[3] He was elected to the Free State Seanad for 9 years at the 1922 election, and was re-elected for another 9 years at the 1931 election.[1] He served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936. He died in 1957.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Michael Duffy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Residents of a house 67 in Dunshaughlin Town". National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Members of the First Seanad: Biographies – Duffy, Michael". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ^ The Meath Chronicle: 21 Sept 1957, p. 1
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Irish Trades Union Congress
1934 		Succeeded by
P. J. Cairns