Richard Holohan (11 January 1882 – 30 May 1954) was an Irish politician. A farmer, he was first elected to

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at the June 1927 general election as a Farmers' Party

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(TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency and he was re-elected at the September 1927 general election. He lost his seat at the 1932 general election, where he stood as an

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candidate. He was elected as a National Centre Party TD at the 1933 general election. He became a

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TD on 8 September 1933 when

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and the National Centre Party, along with the

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merged to form the new party of Fine Gael. He lost his seat at the 1937 general election, standing in the Kilkenny constituency.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holohan, Richard 1882 births 1954 deaths Farmers' Party (Ireland) TDs National Centre Party (Ireland) TDs Fine Gael TDs Members of the 5th Dáil Members of the 6th Dáil Members of the 8th Dáil Irish farmers