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Hugh Tarpey (1821 – January 3, 1898) was a leading member of the Irish Liberal Party and a supporter of the campaign for Irish home rule. He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1877 and 1878, High Sheriff of Dublin and as a Justice of the Peace in County Clare. Tarpey was born in Clarecastle, County Clare in 1821. He was elected as an alderman in Dublin Corporation for the Royal Exchange ward in 1861, serving until the 1886 local elections.〔History of Dublin's Catholic Cemeteries, William J. Fitzpatrick 1900 W Lawrence and Son〕 He was an unsuccessful when he ran for the Liberals in Galway Borough.〔The Freeman's Journal. April 15, 1880.〕 Hugh Tarpey ran a hotel known as Tarpey's Hotel at 7, 8 and 9 Nassau Street. His townhouse, 51 Upper Mount Street, in now the headquarters of Fine Gael.〔Slater's 1881 Directory of Dublin.〕〔The Irish Times. November 10, 1881.〕 He served as Secretary of the Liberal Club. He died in Tarpey's Hotel in January 1898 and was buried in the O'Connell Circle in Glasnevin Cemetery.〔History of Dublin's Catholic Cemeteries〕 His son, William Bernard Tarpey, also known as William Kingsley Tarpey, was a minor playwright in the late 19th century and early twentieth century.〔The Irish Times. August 22, 1911.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugh Tarpey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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