Michael Dunne (MP)

Michael Dunne was an Irish Liberal, Whig and Irish Party politician.
He was a farmer and lived in Ballymanus, Stradbally, Queen's County, a house and land the family rented from the Grattans. Michael's son William Dunne was a racehorse trainer and bred two consecutive Irish Derby winners and Cortolvin who went on to win the 1867 Grand National.
Michael was a Justice of the Peace.
Dunne became an Independent Irish Party MP for Queen's County at the 1852 general election and, standing as a Whig in 1857 and a Liberal in 1859, held the seat until 1865 when he did not seek re-election.