James Patrick Farrell M. P.
Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) from 1895 to 1918, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
He was also founder, owner and editor of the Longford Leader newspaper.
Farrell stood as an Anti-Parnellite candidate at the general election in July 1895 in Kilkenny City, where the outgoing Anti-Parnellite MP Thomas Curran was not standing again. Farrell lost narrowly to the Parnellite candidate, Patrick O'Brien by a margin of 667 votes to 681, but a vacancy arose immediately in West Cavan. Edmund Vesey Knox, who had been West Cavan's MP since 1890, was re-elected there in 1895 but also won a seat in Londonderry City, and chose to sit for the latter. The resulting by-election in West Cavan was held on 2 August 1895, and Farrell was elected unopposed in the first by-election of that Parliament.
Farrell was a fervent supporter of land reform and spoke and wrote frequently on the subject. He was imprisoned four times between 1890 and 1910 and during his last imprisonment in Kilmainham Gaol contracted an illness which may have led to his death, aged 56, in 1921.
When the split in the Irish Parliamentary Party was resolved in time for the 1900 general election, Farrell did not seek re-election in Cavan, but stood instead in North Longford, where he was returned unopposed. He was re-elected unopposed in 1906, and at both elections in 1910, but at the 1918 general election he was heavily defeated in the new Longford constituency by the Sinn Féin candidate Joseph McGuinness.
Joseph McGuinness
In the 1911 census, the family were living at Market Square, Longford.
present were,
James Patrick Farrell, aged 46, a Journalist, M.P., married, born in Strokestown, Co. Roscommon,
Brigid Maria, his wife, aged 47, married, born in Longford.
They had been married 23 years and had 12 children, 8 of whom were alive,
Angela M. J., daughter, aged 15,
Patrick Joseph, son, aged 12,
James Patrick, son, aged 8,
Aloysius M. J., son, aged 7,
Francis, son, aged 4,
Death.
James Patrick Farrell, aged 56, a widower, a Journalist, died at Longford, on 11 December 1921.
The cause of death was a Carbuncle, Cerebral Thrombosis, certified.
The informant of his death was M. A. Farrell, present at death, of Ballaghadereen, Co. Mayo, who registered it on 31 December 1921.
The photograph of him was taken in June 1899, outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London.
Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) from 1895 to 1918, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
He was also founder, owner and editor of the Longford Leader newspaper.
Farrell stood as an Anti-Parnellite candidate at the general election in July 1895 in Kilkenny City, where the outgoing Anti-Parnellite MP Thomas Curran was not standing again. Farrell lost narrowly to the Parnellite candidate, Patrick O'Brien by a margin of 667 votes to 681, but a vacancy arose immediately in West Cavan. Edmund Vesey Knox, who had been West Cavan's MP since 1890, was re-elected there in 1895 but also won a seat in Londonderry City, and chose to sit for the latter. The resulting by-election in West Cavan was held on 2 August 1895, and Farrell was elected unopposed in the first by-election of that Parliament.
Farrell was a fervent supporter of land reform and spoke and wrote frequently on the subject. He was imprisoned four times between 1890 and 1910 and during his last imprisonment in Kilmainham Gaol contracted an illness which may have led to his death, aged 56, in 1921.
When the split in the Irish Parliamentary Party was resolved in time for the 1900 general election, Farrell did not seek re-election in Cavan, but stood instead in North Longford, where he was returned unopposed. He was re-elected unopposed in 1906, and at both elections in 1910, but at the 1918 general election he was heavily defeated in the new Longford constituency by the Sinn Féin candidate Joseph McGuinness.
Joseph McGuinness
In the 1911 census, the family were living at Market Square, Longford.
present were,
James Patrick Farrell, aged 46, a Journalist, M.P., married, born in Strokestown, Co. Roscommon,
Brigid Maria, his wife, aged 47, married, born in Longford.
They had been married 23 years and had 12 children, 8 of whom were alive,
Angela M. J., daughter, aged 15,
Patrick Joseph, son, aged 12,
James Patrick, son, aged 8,
Aloysius M. J., son, aged 7,
Francis, son, aged 4,
Death.
James Patrick Farrell, aged 56, a widower, a Journalist, died at Longford, on 11 December 1921.
The cause of death was a Carbuncle, Cerebral Thrombosis, certified.
The informant of his death was M. A. Farrell, present at death, of Ballaghadereen, Co. Mayo, who registered it on 31 December 1921.
The photograph of him was taken in June 1899, outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London.
James Patrick Farrell M. P.
Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) from 1895 to 1918, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
He was also founder, owner and editor of the Longford Leader newspaper.
Farrell stood as an Anti-Parnellite candidate at the general election in July 1895 in Kilkenny City, where the outgoing Anti-Parnellite MP Thomas Curran was not standing again. Farrell lost narrowly to the Parnellite candidate, Patrick O'Brien by a margin of 667 votes to 681, but a vacancy arose immediately in West Cavan. Edmund Vesey Knox, who had been West Cavan's MP since 1890, was re-elected there in 1895 but also won a seat in Londonderry City, and chose to sit for the latter. The resulting by-election in West Cavan was held on 2 August 1895, and Farrell was elected unopposed in the first by-election of that Parliament.
Farrell was a fervent supporter of land reform and spoke and wrote frequently on the subject. He was imprisoned four times between 1890 and 1910 and during his last imprisonment in Kilmainham Gaol contracted an illness which may have led to his death, aged 56, in 1921.
When the split in the Irish Parliamentary Party was resolved in time for the 1900 general election, Farrell did not seek re-election in Cavan, but stood instead in North Longford, where he was returned unopposed. He was re-elected unopposed in 1906, and at both elections in 1910, but at the 1918 general election he was heavily defeated in the new Longford constituency by the Sinn Féin candidate Joseph McGuinness.
Joseph McGuinness
In the 1911 census, the family were living at Market Square, Longford.
present were,
James Patrick Farrell, aged 46, a Journalist, M.P., married, born in Strokestown, Co. Roscommon,
Brigid Maria, his wife, aged 47, married, born in Longford.
They had been married 23 years and had 12 children, 8 of whom were alive,
Angela M. J., daughter, aged 15,
Patrick Joseph, son, aged 12,
James Patrick, son, aged 8,
Aloysius M. J., son, aged 7,
Francis, son, aged 4,
Death.
James Patrick Farrell, aged 56, a widower, a Journalist, died at Longford, on 11 December 1921.
The cause of death was a Carbuncle, Cerebral Thrombosis, certified.
The informant of his death was M. A. Farrell, present at death, of Ballaghadereen, Co. Mayo, who registered it on 31 December 1921.
The photograph of him was taken in June 1899, outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London.
Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) from 1895 to 1918, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
He was also founder, owner and editor of the Longford Leader newspaper.
Farrell stood as an Anti-Parnellite candidate at the general election in July 1895 in Kilkenny City, where the outgoing Anti-Parnellite MP Thomas Curran was not standing again. Farrell lost narrowly to the Parnellite candidate, Patrick O'Brien by a margin of 667 votes to 681, but a vacancy arose immediately in West Cavan. Edmund Vesey Knox, who had been West Cavan's MP since 1890, was re-elected there in 1895 but also won a seat in Londonderry City, and chose to sit for the latter. The resulting by-election in West Cavan was held on 2 August 1895, and Farrell was elected unopposed in the first by-election of that Parliament.
Farrell was a fervent supporter of land reform and spoke and wrote frequently on the subject. He was imprisoned four times between 1890 and 1910 and during his last imprisonment in Kilmainham Gaol contracted an illness which may have led to his death, aged 56, in 1921.
When the split in the Irish Parliamentary Party was resolved in time for the 1900 general election, Farrell did not seek re-election in Cavan, but stood instead in North Longford, where he was returned unopposed. He was re-elected unopposed in 1906, and at both elections in 1910, but at the 1918 general election he was heavily defeated in the new Longford constituency by the Sinn Féin candidate Joseph McGuinness.
Joseph McGuinness
In the 1911 census, the family were living at Market Square, Longford.
present were,
James Patrick Farrell, aged 46, a Journalist, M.P., married, born in Strokestown, Co. Roscommon,
Brigid Maria, his wife, aged 47, married, born in Longford.
They had been married 23 years and had 12 children, 8 of whom were alive,
Angela M. J., daughter, aged 15,
Patrick Joseph, son, aged 12,
James Patrick, son, aged 8,
Aloysius M. J., son, aged 7,
Francis, son, aged 4,
Death.
James Patrick Farrell, aged 56, a widower, a Journalist, died at Longford, on 11 December 1921.
The cause of death was a Carbuncle, Cerebral Thrombosis, certified.
The informant of his death was M. A. Farrell, present at death, of Ballaghadereen, Co. Mayo, who registered it on 31 December 1921.
The photograph of him was taken in June 1899, outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London.
Inscription
there are 4 headstones on the Farrell plot.
1.
sacred to the memory of
GERALD P. FARRELL B.A.
Barrister & District Justice
died 18th June 1948 aged 57 yrs
and of
JAMES P. FARRELL
Medical Student
died 20th April 1924 aged 21 yrs.
R. I. P.
2.
Blessed are they who
die in the Lord
Sacred to the memory of
JAMES P. FARRELL
M.P. N. Longford 1900-1918
died 11th Dec. 1921 aged 56 yrs.
His wife BRIDE M. FARRELL
died 20th Aug. 1921 aged 57 years
Also MATTHEW FITZGERALD
died 9th Feb. 1894 aged 25 yrs.
In Te Domine speravi
non confundar in aeternum
3.
Sacred to the memory of
CHRISTOPHER J. P. FARRELL B. A.
Solicitor
died 17th Dec. 1923 aged 47 yrs
And of
JOSEPHINE
died 8th Dec. 1900 aged 4 yrs.
R. I. P.
4.
In Loving Memory of
Dr. MARY J. FARRELL
born 19 April 1892
died 14 Sept. 1973
PATRICK FARRELL
born 22 March 1899
died 10 Aug. 1974
R. I. P.
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