Michael Kennedy | |
Office: | Parliamentary Secretary |
Suboffice: | Social Welfare |
Subterm: | 1957–1961 |
Suboffice1: | Social Welfare |
Subterm1: | 1951–1954 |
Office2: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start2: | July 1937 |
Term End2: | February 1948 |
Constituency2: | Meath–Westmeath |
Term Start3: | February 1948 |
Term End3: | April 1965 |
Term Start4: | June 1927 |
Term End4: | July 1937 |
Constituency4: | Longford–Westmeath |
Birth Date: | 1 March 1897 |
Birth Place: | Castlepollard, County Westmeath, Ireland |
Death Place: | Castlepollard, County Westmeath, Ireland |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Michael Joseph Kennedy (1 March 1897 – 14 February 1965) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a member of Dáil Éireann representing various constituencies from 1927 to 1965. He was first elected at the June 1927 general election for the Longford–Westmeath constituency.[1] He moved to the new constituency of Meath–Westmeath in 1937, and in 1948 moved back to the newly re-created Longford–Westmeath constituency.[2]
He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare from 1951 to 1954 and from 1957 to 1961.