Francis Ferran

Francis Patrick Ferran (died 10 June 1923) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician and medical practitioner. He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Sligo–Mayo East constituency.[1] He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it. He was elected as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD at the 1922 general election but did not take his seat.[2] He died while imprisoned by the pro-Treaty government during the Irish Civil War at the Curragh Camp in 1923.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Mr. Francis Ferran". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Francis Ferran". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
  3. ↑ http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/tv-eye-a-lost-son/


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