Thursday 7 March 2013

75 Matthew Corbally


Constituency : Meath  1840-1 , 1841-70

Matthew  was  the  brother-in-law  of  the  Earl  of  Fingall  first  elected  in a  by-election in 1840. In  the  following  general  election  he  stood  aside for  Daniel  O' Connell  but  when  the  latter  chose  to  sit  for  Cork  instead , Matthew  got  back  in. Matthew  supported  the  Independent  Irish  Opposition  initiative  and  was  still  standing  under  those  colours  in  1857.

Matthew  died  in  1870, the  subsequent  by-election  being  won  by  the  Home  Rule  League.

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