Frank Crowley (born 1939) is a retired Irish Fine Gael party politician and Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork North West. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Fine Gael (IPA , though often mispronounced (approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in Ireland. ... A Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas or National Parliament. ... The Cork North West parliamentary constituency is located in the eastern part of the Munster county. ...

Crowley first stood for election in the Cork Mid constituency at the 1977 general election. However, in the landslide victory for Fianna Fáil which saw Jack Lynch returned as Taoiseach with a 20-seat majority, Fianna Fáil took three of the five seats in Cork Mid, and Crowley was unsuccessful. Mid Cork was a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1922. ... The Irish general election of 1977 was held on June 16, 1977. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Ireland, but traditionally translated as Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... John (Jack) Mary Lynch (15 August 1917—20 October 1999), was the fourth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, serving two terms in office; 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. ... The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet. ... Mid Cork was a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1922. ...

He stood again at the 1981 general election in the new constituency of Cork North West, and was elected to the 22nd Dáil. He was re-elected at five further general elections until his defeat at the 1981 general election. The Irish general election of 1981 was held on June 11, 1981, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on May 21. ... The Cork North West parliamentary constituency is located in the eastern part of the Munster county. ... The Irish general election of 1981 was held on June 11, 1981, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on May 21. ...

In 1999, he was elected to Cork County Council as Councillor for Kanturk, but he did not contest the 2004 local elections. Kanturk (Irish: Ceann Toirc = Boars Head, also the towns emblem) is a town in the north west of County Cork, Ireland. ... Local elections were held in all the counties and county boroughs of Ireland on June 11, 2004, on the same day as the European elections. ...

External links

• Frank Crowley's electoral history (ElectionsIreland.org)

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