Career
He was the son of Thomas Curran, Member of Parliament for South Sligo from 1892 to 1900 and Mary College (born 1847) of Derryfad, Creeslough, Company Donegal, Ireland. Thomas Bartholomew and his father owed their election to the Irish National Federation to whom Thomas senior made an unsecured loan of £10,000 to fund their campaign in the 1892 general election. According to Tim Healy:
He was succeeded as Member of Parliament for Kilkenny City by Pat O"Brien.
His photographic portrait taken on 22 September 1897 by Sir (John) Benjamin Stone, is in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
lieutenant seems he went back to Australia and stood as a Progressive candidate in the constituency of Paddington, New South Wales in the 1904 elections. he was defeated on that occasion, winning 36% of the vote compared to 64% for the incumbent Liberal Party member, Charles William Oakes.