J. T. O'Farrell

{{Short description|Irish politician (1887–1971)}}

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| office = Senator

| term_start = 21 April 1948

| term_end = 31 May 1950

| constituency = Labour Panel

| office1 = Senator

| term_start1 = 11 December 1922

| term_end1 = 29 May 1936

| party = Labour Party

| birth_date = {{birth year|1887}}

| birth_place = County Roscommon, Ireland

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| alma_mater = College of Commerce, Rathmines

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John Thomas O'Farrell (1887 – 2 January 1971) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-Thomas-OFarrell.S.1922-12-06/|title=John Thomas O'Farrell|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=5 January 2013}} He was born in Churchborough, County Roscommon in 1887, and was educated at the College of Commerce, Rathmines. He was a member of the Railway Clerks' Association and served as the president of the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1927.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/visit-and-learn/centenaries/seanad100/members-of-the-first-seanad/members-of-the-first-seanad-biographies/#OFarrell |title=Members of the First Seanad: Biographies – O'Farrell, J.T.|work=Houses of the Oireachtas|access-date=31 December 2023}}

He was an unsuccessful Labour Party candidate for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1922 general election.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2053|title=John (Thomas) O'Farrell|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=15 January 2013}} He was elected to the new Irish Free State Seanad in 1922 for 3 years. He was re-elected for a 12-year term at the 1925 Seanad election and served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936. He also stood unsuccessfully for the Dublin County constituency at the 1943 general election. He was elected to the 6th Seanad Éireann in 1948 by the Labour Panel. He resigned from the Seanad on 31 May 1950.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1950-05-31/2/|title=Resignation of Senator|work=Houses of the Oireachtas|date=31 May 1950|access-date=31 December 2023}}