Alfie Byrne

Alfie Byrne
Byrne in his mayoral robes
Teachta Dála
In office
July 1937 – 13 March 1956
ConstituencyDublin North-East
In office
February 1932 – July 1937
In office
August 1923 – December 1928
ConstituencyDublin North
In office
June 1922 – August 1923
ConstituencyDublin Mid
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
June 1954 – May 1955
Preceded byBernard Butler
Succeeded byDenis Larkin
In office
June 1930 – June 1939
Preceded byLaurence O'Neill (1924)
Succeeded byKathleen Clarke
Senator
In office
12 December 1928 – 9 December 1931
Member of Parliament
In office
October 1915 – December 1918
ConstituencyDublin Harbour
Personal details
Born
Alfred Byrne

(1882-03-17)17 March 1882
Dublin, Ireland
Died13 March 1956(1956-03-13) (aged 73)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Irish Parliamentary Party
SpouseElizabeth Heagney
Children8, including Patrick, A. P. and Thomas[1][2][3]

Alfred Byrne (17 March 1882 – 13 March 1956) was an Irish politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP), as a Teachta Dála (TD) and as Lord Mayor of Dublin. He was known as the "Shaking Hand of Dublin".[4]

  1. ^ "Bolger, Carmel: Death notice". Irish Times. 2 January 2014. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Perrott: Death notice". Irish Times. 15 August 2005. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. ^ "New arrival at the Mansion House!". Dublin City Council. February 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Shaking was invoked but never defined (see the help page).