John Fanning (22 October 1903 â 1 January 1982) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A farmer, he was first elected to Dáil ÃÂireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary North constituency at the 1951 general election. He was re-elected at every subsequent general election until he retired from politics at the 1969 general election.