Frank Crowley (politician)

Frank Crowley
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1981 – June 1997
ConstituencyCork North-West
Personal details
Born(1939-05-29)29 May 1939
Banteer, County Cork, Ireland
Died16 August 2022(2022-08-16) (aged 83)
Cork, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael
Spouse
Winifrid McCarthy
​
(m. 1967)​
Children2

Frank Crowley (29 May 1939 – 16 August 2022) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-West constituency from 1981 to 1997.[1]

Crowley first stood for election in the Cork Mid constituency at the 1977 general election.[2] 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.

He stood again at the 1981 general election and was elected to the 22nd Dáil for the new constituency of Cork North-West.[2] He was re-elected at five further general elections until he lost his seat at the 1997 general election.

In 1991, he topped the poll in elections to Cork County Council as a councillor for the Kanturk local electoral area; he was re-elected in 1999, but did not contest the 2004 local elections.

Conway died in Cork on 16 August 2022, at the age of 83.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Frank Crowley". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Frank Crowley". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Tributes paid as former Cork politician Frank Crowley dies aged 83". Irish Examiner. 16 August 2022.