Samuel O'Flaherty
![British Army intelligence file for Samuel P O'Flaherty]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Piece_207-084%3B_Samuel_P_O%27Flaherty_%281922%29.pdf/page2-220px-Piece_207-084%3B_Samuel_P_O%27Flaherty_%281922%29.pdf.jpg)
Samuel O'Flaherty (died 22 May 1930) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He first stood for election at the 1918 general election as a Sinn Féin candidate for the Donegal East constituency but was defeated by Edward Kelly of the Irish Parliamentary Party. He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Donegal constituency.[1] He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He was re-elected unopposed as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD at the 1922 general election but did not take his seat.[2] He lost his seat at the 1923 general election.
O'Flaherty was the son of James O'Flaherty, a farmer and mill-owner of Castlefin. His brothers were similarly involved with the Sinn Fein: John who was interned at Curragh; James, a priest and professor at Dungannon College; and Manus, a civil servant; his three sisters all belonged to Cumann na mBan.
References
- ^ "Samuel O'Flaherty". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ "Samuel O'Flaherty". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
External links
- . Donegal Democrat. No. 709. May 24, 1930. p. 1.
 | This article about a Teachta Dála (TD) – a member of Dáil Éireann – is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a Sinn Féin politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |