Andrew Sylvester Clarkin (1891 – 23 November 1955) was an Irish

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politician.

Biography

Born in

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, Clarkin was the son of Andrew Clarkin and Rose Anne Corrigan. He stood for election to

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as a Fianna Fáil candidate for the Dublin South constituency at the 1944 general election but was unsuccessful. He was elected to

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by the

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at the 1944 Seanad election. He was re-elected to the Seanad at the 1948, 1951 and 1954 Seanad elections on the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the

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. He died in 1955 during the

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. He served as

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from 1951 to 1953.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarkin, Andrew 1891 births 1955 deaths Fianna Fáil senators Members of the 5th Seanad Members of the 6th Seanad Members of the 7th Seanad Members of the 8th Seanad Lord mayors of Dublin People from Mullingar Administrative Panel senators Industrial and Commercial Panel senators