Michael Herbert Explained

Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:June 1969
Term End:June 1981
Constituency:Limerick East
Office2:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start2:January 1973
Term End2:June 1979
Constituency2:Oireachtas Delegation
Party:Fianna Fáil
Birth Date:17 May 1925
Birth Place:Castleconnell, County Limerick, Ireland
Death Place:County Limerick, Ireland
Nationality:Irish

Michael Herbert (17 May 1925 – 20 June 2006) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1]

Career

A publican from Castleconnell,[2] County Limerick, he unsuccessfully contested the 1965 general election and was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick East constituency.[3] He was re-elected for the constituency until the 1981 general election when he did not stand for re-election. He was again unsuccessful in the November 1982 election.

While a TD, Herbert served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 to 1979, being appointed to Ireland's first delegation, second delegation and third delegation.

In the first direct elections to the European Parliament in December 1979 he stood in the Munster constituency but was not elected.

He played hurling as a full-back with the Limerick Senior Hurling team, with whom he won a National Hurling League medal in 1947, and also with his local club Ahane. He retired prematurely from the game following a serious head injury caused by an assault with a hurley in a club match in 1949. His assailant received 12 months imprisonment. His brothers Seán Herbert and Tony Herbert were also hurlers with Limerick and his son Turlough Herbert was a member of the Limerick senior hurling panel for the 1994 All-Ireland final.

Michael Herbert died in 2006, aged 81.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michael Herbert. Oireachtas Members Database. 5 November 2012. 2018-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180516110033/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Michael-Herbert.D.1969-07-02/. live.
  2. News: Two former TDs turned publicans die. Irish Examiner. 20 June 2006. 5 November 2012. 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120716190936/http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cwgbeycwauoj/. live.
  3. Web site: Michael Herbert. ElectionsIreland.org. 5 November 2012. 25 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120925211837/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2791. live.