1852 • 1852: Following the general election 48 MPs, elected as Liberals in Ireland, formed the
Independent Irish Party. They included
William Keogh (Athlone),
John Sadleir (Carlow),
John Ball (County Carlow),
Sir Timothy O'Brien, Bt (Cashel),
Cornelius O'Brien (Clare)
unseated on petition,
Hon. Cecil Lawless (Clonmel),
Francis Murphy (Cork),
William Trant Fagan (Cork),
James McCann (Drogheda),
George Bowyer (Dundalk),
Jogn Maguire (Dungarvan),
John Fitzgerald (Ennis),
Anthony O'Flaherty (Galway),
Martin Blake (
Galway),
Sir Thomas Burke, Bt (County Galway),
Thomas Bellew (County Galway).
1853 • 1 January 1853:
John Sadleir (Independent Irish Party-Carlow) accepted office in the Aberdeen coalition and was defeated seeking re-election as a Liberal on 20 January 1853. • April 1853:
William Keogh (Independent Irish Party-Athlone) accepted office in the Aberdeen coalition and was re-elected as a Liberal on 23 April 1853.
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