Clann na Talmhan [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Clann na Talmhan
Clann na Talmhan (, "Family/Children of the land"; formally known as the "National Agricultural Party") was an Irish agrarian political party active between 1939 and 1965.
Formation and growth.
Clann na Talmhan was founded on 29 June 1939 in Athenry, County Galway, in the wake of the breakdown of unification talks between the Irish Farmers Federation (IFF) and representatives of farmers in Connacht on the rate-paying issue. While the IFF supported full derating, the western
John Beirne Snr
John Beirne Snr (1 April 1893 – date of death unknown) was an Irish Clann na Talmhan politician. A shopkeeper and farmer, Beirne was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1943 general election as a Clann na Talmhan Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon constituency and he was re-elected at the 1944 general election.
His son John Beirne Jnr also served as a Clann na Talmhan TD for Roscommon from 1948 to 1961.
See also.
- Families in the Oireachtas