Seán Sherwin

Seán Sherwin (12 December 1946 – 30 April 2025) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.^[3]

Seán Sherwin
Teachta Dála
In office March 1970 – February 1973
Constituency	Dublin South-West
Personal details
Born	(1946-12-12)12 December 1946[1] Dublin, Ireland
Died	30 April 2025(2025-04-30) (aged 78) County Roscommon, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Other political affiliations	Aontacht Éireann
Spouse	Betty Davis[2]
Children	3

Life and career

Sherwin was an unsuccessful candidate for the Dublin South-West constituency at the 1969 general election. However, Dublin South-West's long-serving Labour Party TD Seán Dunne, who had been re-elected at the general election, died only seven days after polling. Sherwin was selected as the Fianna Fáil candidate at the by-election on 4 March 1970, and won, taking his seat in the 19th Dáil, aged 23.^[4][5]

He resigned from Fianna Fáil in 1971 in the wake of the Arms Crisis, and joined Kevin Boland's new party Aontacht Éireann.^[6] The new party failed to take off at the 1973 general election, and Sherwin lost his seat to Fine Gael's Declan Costello.^[4]

Sherwin later rejoined Fianna Fáil, and at the November 1982 general election he was one of four Fianna Fáil candidates in Dublin West. He won only 2.1% of the first-preference votes and was not elected.^[4]

Sherwin died at his home in Roosky, County Roscommon, on 30 April 2025, at the age of 78.^[5][2]