Patrick Kinane was an Irish

Ireland

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 politician of the Clann na Poblachta

Clann na Poblachta

Clann na Poblachta , abbreviated CnaP, was an Irish republican and social democratic political party founded by former Irish Republican Army Chief of Staff Seán MacBride in 1946.-Foundation:...

 party, who was twice elected to Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann

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He was first elected to the 12th Dáil at a by-election on 29 October 1947 in the Tipperary constituency

Tipperary (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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, following the death of the sitting Clann na Talmhan

Clann na Talmhan

Clann na Talmhan , abbreviated CnaT, was an Irish agrarian political party active between 1939 and 1965.- Formation and Growth :Clann na Talmhan was founded on 29 June 1939 in Athenry, County Galway, in the wake of the breakdown of unification talks between the Irish Farmers Federation and...

 Teachta Dála

Teachta Dála

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 (TD), William O'Donnell

William O'Donnell

William O'Donnell was an Irish politician who served for four years in the Dáil Éireann.He was first elected at the 1943 general election to the 11th Dáil as an Clann na Talmhan Teachta Dála for Tipperary. He was re-elected at the 1944 general election, but died in 1947...

. Clann na Poblachta party leader Sean MacBride

Seán MacBride

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, who was elected on the same day in a by-election in the Dublin County

Dublin County (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Kinane was re-elected in the 1948 general election

Irish general election, 1948

The Irish general election of 1948 was held on 4 February 1948. The 147 newly elected members of the 13th Dáil assembled on 18 February when the First Inter-Party government in the history of the Irish state was appointed....

 for the new Tipperary North constituency, but lost his seat in the 1951 general election

Irish general election, 1951

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