Michael Gleeson (born 1946 in Killarney,

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

) is an Irish politician and former sportsperson.

Sporting career

He played

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with his local club

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and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1969 until 1972. He was also a member of the Kerry junior team and won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship medal in 1967. He won 3 Kerry Senior Football Championships, a Munster Senior Club Football Championship and an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with East Kerry. With

he won 7 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.

Political career

He was a Killarney town councillor from 1991 to 2014 and has been a Kerry County Councillor since 1999, as part of the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2011 general election. He has also been Mayor of Killarney.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gleeson, Mick 1946 births Living people Alumni of University College Dublin Alumni of St Patrick's College, Dublin Independent politicians in Ireland Irish sportsperson-politicians Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers Local councillors in County Kerry Mayors of places in the Republic of Ireland Spa Gaelic footballers UCD Gaelic footballers