Honorific-Prefix: | Senator |
Office: | Senator |
Term Start: | 29 June 2020 |
Constituency: | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Fine Gael |
Spouse: | Una Carrigy |
Children: | 3 |
Education: | St. Mel's College |
Micheál Carrigy is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel since April 2020.[1] [2]
Carrigy attended St. Mel's College, Longford.[3] He worked as a postmaster.[4]
Carrigy was elected to Longford County Council for the first time at the 2009 local elections.[5] He was elected Cathaoirleach of Longford County Council in June 2019.[6]
Carrigy stood unsuccessfully in Longford–Westmeath at the 2020 general election; he won 11.2% of first preference votes and finished sixth.[7]
At the 2020 Seanad election, Carrigy was elected to the 26th Seanad on the Industrial and Commercial Panel.[8] Colin Dalton was co-opted to Carrigy's seat on Longford County Council following his election to the Seanad.
Carrigy lives in Ballinalee, County Longford, with his wife Una and their three children.[9]