Richard O'Shaughnessy (MP)

Richard O'Shaughnessy
MP MVO CB
Member of Parliament
for Limerick City
In office
31 January 1874 – 15 November 1883
Serving with Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett (1879 – 1883)
Isaac Butt (1874 – 1879)
Preceded by Isaac Butt
George Gavin
Succeeded by Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett
Edward McMahon
Personal details
Born 1842
Limerick, Ireland
Died August 17, 1918(1918-08-17) (aged 75–76)
Nationality Irish
Political party Home Rule League
Spouse(s) Ellen Potter
Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin

Richard O'Shaughnessy MVO CB (1842 – 17 August 1918)[1][2] was an Irish Home Rule League politician.

He was elected Home Rule MP for Limerick City in 1874 and held the seat until he was appointed a registrar of petty sessions clerks in 1883.[3]

After leaving office, he was also Commissioner for Public Works in Ireland from 1891 to 1903, and was considered for the post of Under-Secretary for Ireland twice.[2]

He became a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1900 and a Companion of the Bath in 1903.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
  2. 1 2 3 Fehenry, John Matthew. "Pallaskenry RC Church II". Iverus Research Foundation. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Isaac Butt
George Gavin		 Member of Parliament for Limerick City
1874 – 1883
With: Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett (1879 – 1883)
Isaac Butt (1874 – 1879)		 Succeeded by
Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett
Edward McMahon
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