| Office: | Kerry County Councillor |
| Term Start: | June 1999 |
| Term End: | May 2021 |
| Constituency: | Killarney |
| Birth Place: | Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Party: | Kerry Independent Alliance |
| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Michael Gleeson | |
| Feet: | 5 |
| Inches: | 11 |
| County: | Kerry |
| Province: | Munster |
| Clubs: | Spa |
| Clyears: | 1960s–1980s |
| Clcounty: | 3 |
| Clprovince: | 1 |
| Clallireland: | 1 |
| Counties: | Kerry |
| Icposition: | Right corner-forward |
| Icyears: | 1969–1972 |
| Icapps(Points): | 15 (4-12) |
| Icprovince: | 3 |
| Icallireland: | 2 |
| Nfl: | 2 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
Michael Gleeson (born 1946 in Killarney, County Kerry) is an Irish former politician and sportsperson.
He played Gaelic football with his local club Spa and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1969 until 1972.[1] He was also a member of the Kerry junior team and won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship medal in 1967.
He won three Kerry Senior Football Championships, a Munster Senior Club Football Championship and an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with East Kerry. With Spa he won seven East Kerry Senior Football Championship titles and a County Intermediate Football Championship. During his college days in Dublin he won a Dublin Under 21 Football Championship with Erins Hope in 1966. He later played with UCD and won a Sigerson Cup with them.
He was a Killarney town councillor from 1991 to 2014; and a Kerry County Councillor from 1983 to 1991 representing the Labour Party; and from 1999 to 2021 as part of the Kerry Independent Alliance. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2011 general election.[2] He has also been Mayor of Killarney. He retired from politics in May 2021 and was replaced on the council by his nephew John O'Donoghue.[3]