| Catherine Kelly | |
| Office: | Member of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council |
| Constituency: | Omagh |
| Term Start: | 18 May 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Matthew Bell |
| Office1: | Member of the Legislative Assembly for West Tyrone |
| Assembly1: | Northern Ireland |
| Predecessor1: | Barry McElduff |
| Successor1: | Nicola Brogan |
| Term Start1: | 20 June 2017 |
| Term End1: | 31 October 2020 |
| Birth Name: | Catherine Anna Kelly |
| Birth Date: | 27 June 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Loughmacrory, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland[1] |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Party: | Sinn Féin |
| Alma Mater: | Liverpool John Moores University |
Catherine Kelly MLA (born 27 June 1987) is a Sinn Féin politician from Loughmacrory, County Tyrone, who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the West Tyrone constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly June 2017 until her resignation in October 2020.[2]
Kelly studied English and History at Liverpool John Moores University and Early Childhood Studies at South West College in Omagh.
She also worked at an Irish language nursery school.
Kelly joined Sinn Féin in 2009 and stood as a candidate in the local elections in Omagh Town in 2014. She worked as an advisor to Barry McElduff. After the 2017 general election, she was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly to represent the West Tyrone constituency following McElduff's election to the House of Commons. Kelly resigned on 31 October 2020 following controversy over a small-business grant related to the COVID-19 epidemic.[3] [4] [5] She was replaced on the assembly by Nicola Brogan.