Background
Flavin was born at Ballyduff, near Listowel. He was the son of James Flavin and Joan or Johanna Mangan.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Flavin was born at Ballyduff, near Listowel. He was the son of James Flavin and Joan or Johanna Mangan.
He was educated at National schools, at Saint Michael"s College, Listowel (a Catholic diocesan secondary school), and privately.
In April 1896 he was returned unopposed as Anti-Parnellite Nationalist Member of Parliament for North Kerry after the resignation of Thomas Sexton. Following the reunification of the Irish Parliamentary Party, he held the seat unopposed in 1900 and 1906. In January 1910 he faced a challenge from an independent Nationalist, Thomas Stack, but was easily returned by 2,637 votes to 885.
In December 1910 he was again returned unopposed.
He did not stand in the general election of 1918. He died at Tralee on 3 May 1944.
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He was a merchant in Listowel and Tralee, President of the Listowel Young Ireland Society and was a member of Kerry County Council and of the committee governing the County Infirmary, Tralee, the County Fever Hospital, Tralee and the County Mental Hospital, Killarney.