Michael Carty | |
Office: | Parliamentary Secretary |
Suboffice: | Government Chief Whip |
Subterm: | 1965–1969 |
Suboffice1: | Defence |
Subterm1: | 1965–1969 |
Office3: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start3: | June 1969 |
Term End3: | February 1973 |
Constituency3: | Clare–South Galway |
Term Start4: | October 1961 |
Term End4: | June 1969 |
Constituency4: | Galway East |
Term Start5: | March 1957 |
Term End5: | October 1961 |
Constituency5: | Galway South |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1916 |
Birth Place: | Loughrea, Galway, Ireland |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Michael Carty (16 December 1916 – 23 April 1975) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1] Born in Loughrea, County Galway to Lawrence and Josephine Carty, he was the eldest of seven children. A schoolteacher by profession, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Galway South constituency at the 1957 general election.[2] From 1961 to 1969, he represented the Galway East constituency, and from 1969 to 1973 the Clare–South Galway constituency.[2] He retired from politics in 1973.[2]
He served in the government of Seán Lemass on one occasion from 1965 to 1969 as Government Chief Whip, occupying the positions of Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence.[3]