Thomas McGovern (politician)
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Thomas McGovern was an Irish
nationalist
politician
. At the 1900 general election
on 5 October 1900 he was elected unopposed as the Irish Parliamentary Party
Member of Parliament
(MP) for West Cavan
, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
. He was born in February 1851 on his father's farm in Gortmore, Bawnboy
, County Cavan. He was the fourth son of Brian McGovern, farmer and contractor of Gortmore and his wife Anne Hassard, the daughter of Jason Hassard. He was educated at Bawnboy National School and became an auctioneer and farmer. He was a Justice of the Peace and County Councillor for County Cavan, a Poor Law Governor for Bawnboy Poor Law Union and a Director of Cavan and Leitrim Railway
. He represented County Cavan on the Council of Agriculture, under the Agricultural and Technical Instruction Act. He had been ailing for some months before his death at Gortmore on 6 April 1904, aged 53.
His younger brother was Fr. Bernard Magauran. Born 1858 of Bernard Magauran and Anne Hassard,
Gortmore, Templeport parish. Ordained St. Patrick’s College, Cavan 13 September 1885. Curate in Arva parish 1885; Denn 1886; Killinagh 1888; Cavan 1892.
Irish people
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nationalist
Irish nationalism
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politician
Politician
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. At the 1900 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1900
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on 5 October 1900 he was elected unopposed as the Irish Parliamentary Party
Irish Parliamentary Party
The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for West Cavan
West Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)
West Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1885 to 1922 returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.Prior to 1885 the area was part of the Cavan constituency...
, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it....
. He was born in February 1851 on his father's farm in Gortmore, Bawnboy
Bawnboy
Bawnboy is a small village in a valley at the foot of Slieve Rushen, between Ballyconnell and Swanlinbar, in County Cavan, Ireland). The current population is about 250. A bawn is the defensive wall surrounding an Irish tower house...
, County Cavan. He was the fourth son of Brian McGovern, farmer and contractor of Gortmore and his wife Anne Hassard, the daughter of Jason Hassard. He was educated at Bawnboy National School and became an auctioneer and farmer. He was a Justice of the Peace and County Councillor for County Cavan, a Poor Law Governor for Bawnboy Poor Law Union and a Director of Cavan and Leitrim Railway
Cavan and Leitrim Railway
The Cavan & Leitrim Railway was a narrow-gauge railway in the counties of Leitrim and Cavan in the north-west of Ireland, which ran from 1887 until 1959.Unusually for Ireland, this 914mm -gauge line survived on coal traffic, from the mine at Arigna...
. He represented County Cavan on the Council of Agriculture, under the Agricultural and Technical Instruction Act. He had been ailing for some months before his death at Gortmore on 6 April 1904, aged 53.
His younger brother was Fr. Bernard Magauran. Born 1858 of Bernard Magauran and Anne Hassard,
Gortmore, Templeport parish. Ordained St. Patrick’s College, Cavan 13 September 1885. Curate in Arva parish 1885; Denn 1886; Killinagh 1888; Cavan 1892.