Patrick Joseph Hooper (died 6 September 1931) was an Irish politician, barrister and journalist. In 1915 was called to the English and Welsh bar by
Gray's Inn
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. Hooper was the last editor of the
Freeman's Journal. Imprisoned for a month in 1920 along with Fitzgerald and Edwards, for publishing an article about British Army/Black and Tans brutality. He was an
Independent
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member of
Seanad Éireann from 1927 to 1931.
A journalist, he was elected at a by-election on 23 March 1927 taking the seat vacated by the death of
Martin Fitzgerald. He was
Leas-Chathaoirleach of the Seanad from 6 May 1931 until his death in September 1931.
[ ]George Crosbie
George Crosbie (1864 – 28 November 1934) was an Irish politician. He was a Cumann na nGaedheal member of Seanad Éireann
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was elected at a by-election to replace him.
His father John Hooper was also a politician and journalist and is referred to in Ulysses by James Joyce.John Hooper
by Felix Larkin, RIA-Cambridge Dictionary of Irish Biography.
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Year of birth missing
1931 deaths
Independent members of Seanad Éireann
Members of the 1925 Seanad
Members of the 1928 Seanad
Politicians from Dublin (city)
Journalists from Dublin (city)
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