John J. Farrell (Lord Mayor of Dublin)

John J. Farrell
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
1911–1912
Preceded byMichael Doyle
Succeeded byLorcan Sherlock
Personal details
Bornc. 1871
County Wicklow, Ireland
Died31 May 1954(1954-05-31) (aged 82–83)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyIrish Parliamentary Party
Spouse
Mary Farrell
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(m. 1898; died 1914)​
Children6

John Joseph Farrell (c. 1871 – 31 May 1854)[1] was an Irish businessman and politician. He was a member of Dublin Corporation, and served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1911 to 1912.[2] He as a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party.

Farrell is recorded in the 1911 census of Ireland, when he was Lord Mayor of Dublin and living in the Mansion House.[3] He married Mary Josephine in 1898; and they had six children.[3]

He had business interests in several cinemas in Dublin, and was the managing director of the Irish Kinematograph Company.[4] In 1917, he claimed £77 10s for damage caused by gunfire during the 1916 Easter Rising to a building owned by the Irish Kinematograph Company in O'Connell Street. The Property Losses Committee recommended a payment of £20.[5]

On 10 February 1920, his home in Drumcondra was raided by British forces, under the DORA act.[6]

  1. ^ "Glasnevin Cemetery, Glasnevin Part 11". Irish Genealogy Project. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Other notable people of the census". cso.ie. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  4. ^ "The Phibsboro Picture House Opens". earlyirishcinema.com/. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Property Losses (Ireland) Committee". National Archives of Ireland. 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  6. ^ "'Dora' Gives Sweeping Powers To British Rulers in Ireland". An American reporter in 1920 Ireland: 'Dora'. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2024.