John Phillips (Irish politician)

John Phillips
Born1839 or 1840
County Longford, Ireland
Died (aged 77)
Edgeworthstown, County Longford, Ireland
OccupationPolitician

John Phillips (1839 or 1840 – 2 April 1917)[1][2] was an Irish politician who served as the Nationalist Member of Parliament for South Longford.[3]

Phillips was born in County Longford, and worked as a farmer there.[4] In his youth, he played a prominent role in the Fenian movement in Longford, but later devoted his energies to the constitutional Home Rule movement.[2] He was co-opted to Longford County Council on its establishment in 1899, and was its chairman from 1902 until his death.[2] He was elected as MP for South Longford in 1907.[2]

Following a prolonged illness, John Phillips died at his residence in Edgeworthstown on 2 April 1917 at the age of 77.[2]

  1. ^ Census of Ireland 1911
  2. ^ a b c d e Freeman's Journal, 4 April 1017
  3. ^ "commons/Lcommons4". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Wheatley, M. (2005). Nationalism and the Irish Party : Provincial Ireland 1910-1916: Provincial Ireland 1910-1916. OUP Oxford. p. 34. ISBN 9780191556838. Retrieved 24 October 2014.