Nicholas Maher

Nicholas Valentine Maher (died 18 October 1851)^[1] was an Irish Repeal Association politician.^[2][3]

Nicholas Maher
Member of Parliament for Tipperary
In office 10 February 1844 – 18 October 1851 Serving with Robert Otway-Cave (1844–1845) Richard Albert Fitzgerald (1845–1847) Francis Scully (1847–1851)
Preceded by	Robert Otway-Cave Valentine Maher
Succeeded by	Francis Scully James Sadleir
Personal details
Died	18 October 1851
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Repeal Association

He was the son of Thomas Maher, a medical practitioner, and his wife Margaret. In 1845, he married Margaret Jane Herbert, the daughter of Walter Otway Herbert and Mary Miles.^[2][4]

Maher was first elected Repeal Association MP for Tipperary at a by-election in 1844—caused by the death of his cousin, Valentine Maher—and held the seat until his own death in 1851.^[2][5]

He was also a member of the Reform Club.^[2]