Thomas Linehan ( – 15 October 1938) was an Irish politician. He was a member of

Seanad Éireann Seanad Éireann ( ; ; "Senate of Ireland") is the senate of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (defined as the house of representatives). It is commonly called the Seanad or ...

from 1922 to 1936. He was first elected to the Seanad in 1922 as a Farmers' Party candidate. He was re-elected at the

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for 12 years and served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936. He was an

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member from 1928 onwards. Linehan was born in

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and farmed for many years at Ballinvarrig House, Whitechurch, County Cork, where he died on 15 October 1938, aged 79. He was the first secretary of the

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in the county, vice-chairman of

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and a president and trustee of the Irish Farmers' Union.''The Standard'' (Dublin) later ''The Catholic Standard'', 21 October 1938, p.16

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Linehan, Thomas 1850s births 1938 deaths Farmers' Party (Ireland) senators Members of the 1922 Seanad Members of the 1925 Seanad Members of the 1928 Seanad Members of the 1931 Seanad Members of the 1934 Seanad Politicians from County Cork 20th-century Irish farmers Independent members of Seanad Éireann