Eamon Rice (26 April 1873 – 7 November 1937) was an Irish

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politician. A national school teacher, he married Bridget Heneghan on 1 September 1914, and they had four children. He was first elected to

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as a Fianna Fáil

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(TD) at the 1932 general election for the

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constituency. He was re-elected at the

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and

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general elections. He died while still in office in 1937. No

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was held to fill his seat, but his widow Bridget Rice was elected as a TD for the same constituency from 1938 to 1954.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rice, Eamon 1873 births 1937 deaths Fianna Fáil TDs Irish schoolteachers Members of the 7th Dáil Members of the 8th Dáil Members of the 9th Dáil Spouses of Irish politicians

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