T. J. Maher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Irish politician and farmers' leader.
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Place of Birth: Cashel, Munster, Ireland
About T. J. Maher
- Thomas Joseph Maher (29 April 1922 – 19 April 2002) was an Irish politician and farmers' leader. He was born on a small farm near Cashel, County Tipperary in 1922.
- He was educated locally and became a member of Macra na Feirme.
- He was a founder member of National Farmers' Association (later the Irish Farmers' Association) in 1955.
- He became the President of the IFA in 1967.
- In 1977 he became president of the Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society (ICOS).He was first elected to the European Parliament at the 1979 European election for the Munster constituency as an independent and was re-elected at the 1984 and 1989 elections.
- He stood unsuccessfully as an Independent candidate at the 1981 general election in the Tipperary South constituency.
- He retired from politics at the 1994 European election.
- He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Limerick in 1997.
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