Background
TIGHE, Thomas was born in 1829. Son of late Robert Tighe, Justice of the Peace, of Ballinrobe and The Heath, Claremorris, Company Mayo, and Catherine Kelly.
TIGHE, Thomas was born in 1829. Son of late Robert Tighe, Justice of the Peace, of Ballinrobe and The Heath, Claremorris, Company Mayo, and Catherine Kelly.
Studied at Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, Company Kildare.
Member of Parliament Mayo, 1874. High Sheriff, Company Mayo, 1879. Recitations: country life, farming and agriculture.
Chairman, Ballinrobe and Claremorris Light Railway Company, Ltd. Member of the Irish Railway Clearing House. Justice of the Peace Company Galway; Justice of the Peace, D.L. Company Mayo.