Michael Flanagan (councillor)

Alderman Michael Flanagan (29 September 1833 – 16 October 1931), known as "the Alderman", was a farmer, market gardener, justice of the peace and Irish nationalist politician and long-time member of Dublin Corporation, setting the record for the longest tenure on the corporation at that time, retiring at the age of 86.[1]

A member of the corporation from 1884 to 1919, Flanagan is said to have turned down the Lord Mayoralty of Dublin in 1900 because as a nationalist he did not wish to receive Queen Victoria on her visit to Ireland.[2] He was listed as a justice of the peace as of 1894.[3]

Flanagan was the father of the practical joker Willie "The Bird" Flanagan, and of Louisa Flanagan, wife of the First President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave.[4] As a landowner and market gardener, Flanagan supplied much of Dublin with vegetables.[5]

Flanagan and his family lived in an 1820 house off the South Circular Road,[6] Portmahon House, Rialto.[7] He owned extensive lands around South-West County Dublin. In 2014 Dublin City Council named a community garden on the site of the former Fatima Mansions as "Flanagan's Fields" after him.[8]

## References

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1. ^ Dear, dirty Dublin: a city in distress, 1899-1916, Joseph Valentine O'Brien, 1982. p. 93.
2. ^ "Alderman Michael Flanagan".
3. ^ "Alderman Michael Flanagan". humphrysfamilytree.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
4. ^ "Alderman Michael Flanagan".
5. ^ "The Great 1916 sweepstakes".
6. ^ "Portmahon House, New Ireland Road, South Circular Road, Dublin 8, DUBLIN".
7. ^ Thom's Directory, 1870 to 1932.
8. ^ "Launch of Flanagan's Fields Community Garden and Grow Dome | Dublin City Council". www.dublincity.ie. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016.

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