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politician Deputy to the Dáil

Stephen Declan Barrett was an Irish Fine Gael politician, barrister and judge.

Career

He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he retired from politics at the 1969 general election. He later became a Circuit Court judge. He was the father-in-law of Edward M. Walsh, the former president of the University of Limerick.

Politics

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1954 by-election caused by the death of Thomas F. O"Higgins of Fine Gael.