Seán Byrne (16 May 1937 – 5 March 2018)[1] was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
[2] A farmer before entering politics, he was unsuccessful on the first two occasions when he stood for election to Dáil Éireann, as a Fianna Fáil candidate in the Tipperary South constituency at the 1977 and 1981 general elections.
At the 1987 general election he lost his seat to his Fianna Fáil colleague Noel Davern.
He was defeated in the 1993 election to the 20th Seanad, but was instead nominated by the Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds.
[3] He contested the 1997 Seanad election on the Administrative Panel, but failed to win a seat and did not stand again.