Andrew Clarkin

Andrew Sylvester Clarkin (1891 – 23 November 1955) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.^[1][2]

Andrew Clarkin
Senator
In office 21 April 1948 – 23 November 1955
Constituency	Industrial and Commercial Panel
In office 18 August 1944 – 21 April 1948
Constituency	Administrative Panel
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office 1951–1953
Preceded by	Jack Belton
Succeeded by	Bernard Butler
Personal details
Born	1891 (1891) Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
Died	23 November 1955(1955-11-23) (aged 63–64)
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Elizabeth Clarkin

Biography

Born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Clarkin was the son of Andrew Clarkin and Rose Anne Corrigan.^[3]

He stood for election to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil candidate for the Dublin South constituency at the 1944 general election but was unsuccessful.^[4] He was elected to Seanad Éireann by the Administrative Panel at the 1944 Seanad election. He was re-elected to the Seanad at the 1948, 1951 and 1954 Seanad elections on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1952 Dublin North–West by-election.^[4] He died in 1955 during the 8th Seanad.^[1]

He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1951 to 1953.^[5]