J. T. O'Farrell

John Thomas O'Farrell (1887 – 2 January 1971) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.^[1] He was born in Churchborough, County Roscommon in 1887, and was educated at the College of Commerce, Rathmines. He was a member of the Railway Clerks' Association and served as the president of the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1927.^[2]

J. T. O'Farrell
Senator
In office 21 April 1948 – 31 May 1950
Constituency	Labour Panel
Senator
In office 11 December 1922 – 29 May 1936
Personal details
Born	1887 (1887) County Roscommon, Ireland
Died	2 January 1971(1971-01-02) (aged 83–84)
Political party	Labour Party
Alma mater	College of Commerce, Rathmines

He was an unsuccessful Labour Party candidate for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1922 general election.^[3] He was elected to the new Irish Free State Seanad in 1922 for 3 years.^[1] He was re-elected for a 12-year term at the 1925 Seanad election and served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936.^[1] He also stood unsuccessfully for the Dublin County constituency at the 1943 general election.^[3] He was elected to the 6th Seanad Éireann in 1948 by the Labour Panel. He resigned from the Seanad on 31 May 1950.^[4]