A secondary school teacher before entering politics, Murphy was elected to Dáil Éireann on his first attempt, at the 1973 general election. He defeated the sitting TD Paudge Brennan, who had left Fianna Fáil over the Arms Crisis and was standing as a candidate for the short-lived breakaway party Aontacht Éireann. Murphy was re-elected at the next three general elections, before losing his seat at the November 1982 general election to Paudge Brennan, who had rejoined Fianna Fáil.
Murphy, who was no longer a member of the Dáil, joined the PDs and stood as a Progressive Democrat candidate in Wicklow at the 1989 general election.[2] He was unsuccessful, and did not stand again.[2]
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^"Ciarán Murphy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
^ ab"Ciarán Murphy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
January 01, 1970
ciarán, murphy, confused, with, kieran, murphy, ciarán, patrick, murphy, born, 1940, irish, former, fianna, fáil, politician, teachta, dála, wicklow, from, 1973, 1982, teachta, dálain, office, february, 1973, november, 1982constituencywicklowpersonal, detailsb. Not to be confused with Kieran Murphy Ciaran Patrick Murphy born 30 May 1940 is an Irish former Fianna Fail politician who was a Teachta Dala TD for Wicklow from 1973 to 1982 1 Ciaran MurphyTeachta DalaIn office February 1973 November 1982ConstituencyWicklowPersonal detailsBorn 1940 05 30 30 May 1940 age 84 County Wicklow IrelandPolitical partyFianna Fail A secondary school teacher before entering politics Murphy was elected to Dail Eireann on his first attempt at the 1973 general election He defeated the sitting TD Paudge Brennan who had left Fianna Fail over the Arms Crisis and was standing as a candidate for the short lived breakaway party Aontacht Eireann Murphy was re elected at the next three general elections before losing his seat at the November 1982 general election to Paudge Brennan who had rejoined Fianna Fail In October 1982 Murphy had been one of the Gang of 22 Fianna Fail TDs who had voted in favour of a motion of no confidence in the Taoiseach Charles Haughey s leadership of the party The motion had been tabled by Kildare TD Charlie McCreevy but one of its main backers was Desmond O Malley O Malley was expelled from Fianna Fail in 1985 and founded a new political party the Progressive Democrats PDs Murphy who was no longer a member of the Dail joined the PDs and stood as a Progressive Democrat candidate in Wicklow at the 1989 general election 2 He was unsuccessful and did not stand again 2 References edit Ciaran Murphy Oireachtas Members Database Retrieved 9 December 2012 a b Ciaran Murphy ElectionsIreland org Retrieved 9 December 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ciaran Murphy amp oldid 1190580884, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
