Lionel Booth (politician)

Lionel O. Booth (12 June 1914 – 31 May 1997) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and businessman.

He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for twelve years, from 1957 to 1969.

[1] He was educated at Wesley College, Dublin, The Leys School, Cambridge, and Trinity College Dublin.

[2] He qualified as a solicitor in 1938 and served as a captain in the Army during the Emergency.

[2] He first entered politics in the 1950s serving on both Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire Corporation.