John W. Moher (7 February 1909 – 10 November 1985) was an Irish

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil ( ; ; meaning "Soldiers of Destiny" or "Warriors of Fál"), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (), is a centre to centre-right political party in Ireland. Founded as a republican party in 1926 by Éamon de ...

politician, auctioneer and farmer who was a member of

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representing the Cork East constituency. He was the son of William Moher and Ellen Lyons of Curraghmore,

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. He married Sheila O'Neil. He was a member of the Cork County Council from 1950. Having unsuccessfully contested the 1951 general election and a 1953 by-election, Moher was elected as a

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(TD) for the Cork East constituency at the 1954 general election and held his seat – representing the Cork North-East from 1961 – until losing it at the 1965 general election. He was instrumental in the creation of the National Dairy Research Centre at Moorepark south of Kilworth, County Cork,The Irish Times, "Agriculture pioneer lauded at Moorepark", 13 August 2001, from on-line archive and was part of the welcoming committee for the 1963 visit of U.S. President

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to Ireland. He opposed the destruction of Grace Castle outside of Clogheen, County Tipperary in 1960. After his 1965 defeat, he continued to serve on the

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until 1974.Irish Press, 11 November 1985, p.3 He was also chairman of the Cork Hospital Board and promoted the building of the Cork Regional Hospital (now

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