Edmund_W._Eyre

Edmund W. Eyre

Edmund W. Eyre

Irish politician (c. 1856–1929)

Edmund William Eyre (c. 1856 – 7 July 1929) was an Irish politician. He was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1922 to 1928.[1] A former official of Dublin Corporation, he was nominated to the Seanad by the President of the Executive Council in 1922 for 6 years.[2] He did not contest the 1928 Seanad election.[1]

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Eyre, the son of a solicitor, was City Treasurer of Dublin for twenty-eight years up to 1921.[3] He retired from the Seanad on the grounds of ill health and died at his home at Stillorgan, Dublin, on 7 July 1929 aged 73.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Edmund Eyre". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  2. [2]
    "President's nominees for Seanad". Houses of the Oireachtas. 6 December 1922. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Members of the First Seanad: Biographies – Eyre, Edmund W". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. [4]
    Belfast Telegraph, 8 July 1929, p.6
  5. [5]
    Freeman's Journal, 26 October 1921, p.6
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