Irish politician (1868–1931)
Hugh Colohan (c. 1870 – 15 April 1931)[1] was an Irish Labour Party politician. A brick and stone layer before entering politics,[2] he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare–Wicklow constituency at the 1922 general election.[3]
He was re-elected at the 1923 general election for the Kildare constituency and was again re-elected at the June 1927 and September 1927 general elections.[4] He died in office in 1931 and the by-election caused by his death was won by Thomas Harris of Fianna Fáil.
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