Éamon Rooney (died 9 November 1993) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a member of the Oireachtas for twenty-one years.
Éamon Rooney | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 23 June 1965 – 5 November 1969 | |
| Constituency | Administrative Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 1948 – April 1965 | |
| Constituency | Dublin County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | County Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 9 November 1993 |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
Rooney first stood for election to Dáil Éireann at a by-election on 29 October 1947 for the Dublin County constituency, following the death of the Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Patrick Fogarty. He was unsuccessful on that occasion, losing to the Clann na Poblachta candidate Seán MacBride, but was elected the following year at the 1948 general election, taking his seat in the 13th Dáil.[1]
He was re-elected at the next four general elections, before losing his seat at the 1965 general election to Fianna Fáil's Des Foley, a 25-year-old gaelic football and hurling star. Rooney was then elected to the 11th Seanad by the Administrative Panel, where he sat until 1969. He stood again as a Dáil candidate at the 1969 general election, but lost again and retired from politics.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Éamon Rooney". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Éamon Rooney". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 August 2012.