Richard O'Shaughnessy CB MVO (1842 – 17 August 1918)[1][2] was an Irish Home Rule League politician.
He was elected Home Rule MP for Limerick City in 1874 and held the seat until he was appointed a registrar of petty sessions clerks in 1883.
[3] After leaving office, he was also Commissioner for Public Works in Ireland from 1891 to 1903, and was considered for the post of Under-Secretary for Ireland twice.
[2] He became a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1900 and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1903.
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