James Boyle (1863 – 1 December 1936) was a

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and

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politician from

Stranorlar Stranorlar () is a town, townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the River Finn (County Donegal), Finn Valley of County Donegal, in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Stranorlar and Ballybofey (located on the other side of the River F ...

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, who served briefly in the

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as a member of the

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at the start of the 20th century. Boyle was a delegate to the Irish Race Convention held in

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in September 1896, and at the general election in October 1900 he was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament for West Donegal. He told the Irish Party's leader

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in March 1902 of his intention to resign his seat, and he formally resigned from the Commons on 10 April. A

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before his election to Parliament, he was listed in the 1901 edition of

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as being over 200 years old (and therefore having lived in for centuries). Boyle died in 1936, aged 73, and was buried in the family burial grounds at

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after

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in Stranorlar. The mourners at his funeral included his widow and two daughters.

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* 1863 births 1936 deaths Irish Parliamentary Party MPs UK MPs 1900–1906 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Donegal constituencies (1801–1922) Irish solicitors People from Stranorlar Politicians from County Donegal Lawyers from County Donegal {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub