Cornelius Connolly was an Irish politician. He was first elected to

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as a

Cumann na nGaedheal Cumann na nGaedheal (; "Society of the Gaels") was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. In 1933 it merged with smaller groups to form the Fine Gael party. Origins In 1922 the pro-Treaty G ...

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(TD) for the Cork West constituency at the 1923 general election. He did not contest the June 1927 general election. He stood as an

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candidate at the 1944 general election but was not elected.

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