Florence Crowley was an Irish Fianna Fail politician.
11 Facts About Flor Crowley
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Flor Crowley was a Teachta Dala for thirteen years, and a senator for five years.
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An auctioneer from Bandon, County Cork, Crowley was an accomplished rugby player in his youth.
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Flor Crowley stood unsuccessfully as a Fianna Fail candidate for Dail Eireann in the Cork Mid constituency at a by-election in March 1965, but won the seat at the 1965 general election in April.
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Flor Crowley lost his seat at the 1977 general election.
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Flor Crowley, the sitting TD, was beaten by his party colleague Joe Walsh.
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Flor Crowley was then elected to the 14th Seanad on the Cultural and Educational Panel, and at the 1981 general he regained his Dail seat from Walsh.
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Walsh retook the seat at the February 1982 general election, following which Flor Crowley stood in the Seanad elections on the Cultural and Educational Panel.
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However, he did not win a seat; at the time Fianna Fail was deeply divided between supporters and opponents of its leader Charles Haughey, and the Haughey-supporting Flor Crowley was beaten by another Fianna Fail candidate, Seamus de Brun, who had previously been nominated by the Taoiseach, Jack Lynch to the 14th Seanad.
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Flor Crowley was then nominated by Haughey to the 16th Seanad.
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Flor Crowley died suddenly at his home in Bandon on 16 May 1997, aged 62.