Seán McCarthy (Cork politician)

Seán McCarthy (1889 – 14 March 1974) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

A teacher by profession, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-East constituency at the 1944 general election[1] but lost his seat at the 1948 general election running in the Cork Borough constituency.

[2] He was re-elected for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1951 general election.

The last time McCarthy was elected was to represent the Cork Mid constituency at the 1961 Irish general election.

[2] McCarthy also served as Lord Mayor of Cork on four occasions, from 1949 to 1951, 1958 to 1959, 1963 to 1964, and 1966 to 1967.