Patrick Byrne was an Irish

Ireland

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 politician. An accountant by profession, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann

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 as an independent

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 Teachta Dála

Teachta Dála

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 (TD) for Dublin North East

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 at a by-election on 30 April 1956. The by-election was caused by the death of his father, Alfred Byrne

Alfred Byrne

Alfred Byrne , also known as Alfie Byrne, was an Irish nationalist politician, who served as both an MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as a Teachta Dála in Dáil Éireann. As Lord Mayor of Dublin he was known as the "shaking hand of Dublin".He was born...

. In 1957 he joined Fine Gael

Fine Gael

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 and was re-elected at the 1957

Irish general election, 1957

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, 1961

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, 1965

Irish general election, 1965

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 general elections. He did not contest the 1969 general election

Irish general election, 1969

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.

His father Alfred Byrne was an MP

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, TD, Senator

Seanad Éireann

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 and Lord Mayor of Dublin

Lord Mayor of Dublin

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. His brothers Thomas Byrne

Thomas Byrne (Dublin politician)

Thomas N. Byrne was an Irish independent politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála for Dublin North West at a by-election on 12 November 1952. The by-election was caused by the death of his brother, Alfred P. Byrne. He was re-elected at the 1954 and 1957 general elections...

 and Alfred P. Byrne

Alfred P. Byrne

Alfred Patrick Byrne was an Irish politician. A clerk by profession, he as first elected to Dáil Éireann as an independent Teachta Dála for Dublin North West at the 1937 general election. He was re-elected at the 1938 and 1943 general elections but lost his seat at the 1944 general election...

were also TDs.