John Phillips (1839 or 1840 – 2 April 1917)Census of Ireland 1911Freeman's Journal, 4 April 1917 was an Irish politician who served as the Nationalist Member of Parliament for South Longford.
Phillips was born in County Longford, and worked as a farmer there. In his youth, he played a prominent role in the Fenian movement in Longford, but later devoted his energies to the constitutional Home Rule movement. He was co-opted to Longford County Council on its establishment in 1899, and was its chairman from 1902 until his death. He was elected as MP for South Longford in 1907.
Following a prolonged illness, John Phillips died at his residence in Edgeworthstown on 2 April 1917 at the age of 77.
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