Thomas Farren
Irish trade union official and politician
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| Intro | Irish trade union official and politician | |
| Places | Ireland | |
| was | Politician Activist Trade unionist | |
| Work field | Activism Politics | |
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| Birth | 1879 | |
| Death | 26 March 1955 (aged 76 years) |
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Thomas Farren (died 26 March 1955) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official. He was a member of the Stonecutters' Union of Ireland and served as the president of the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1920.
He stood unsuccessfully for a UK Parliament by-election for Dublin College Green in 1915.
He was elected to the new Irish Free State Seanad in 1922 for 9 years. He was re-elected in 1931 for another 9-year term and served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936.