Patrick Kennedy (23 November 1941 – 21 January 2020) was a

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and

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politician from

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city in

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. A member of

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, he was first elected Council in 1967 at the age of 29, becoming an Alderman in the process. He was re-elected in subsequent elections before he stood down at the 2014 elections. He was

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from 1974 to 1975 and from 1985 to 1986. He left Fine Gael in about the year 2000, and at the 2004 and 2009 local elections he was re-elected to the city council as an

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candidate. He re-joined Fine Gael in September 2009. Kennedy stood unsuccessfully as a Fine Gael candidate for

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in the

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constituency at the 1969, 1973, 1977 and February 1982 general elections. He also contested the 2002 general election as an independent. In 1981, he was elected to the 15th Seanad he won a seat on the

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. He was unsuccessful at the 1982 Seanad election. He was returned the following year to the

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(again on the Administrative Panel), and held that seat until his defeat at the 1993 Seanad election. He stood again for the Seanad in 1997, but was not re-elected. He worked as a school teacher in Christian Brothers School (CBS) Limerick. In 2015, Kennedy published biographies of Chief Justice

Hugh Kennedy Hugh Edward Kennedy (11 July 1879 – 1 December 1936) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician, barrister and judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 1924 to 1936, a judge of the Supreme Court from 1924 to 1936 and Attorney Gener ...

(no relation) (''Hugh Kennedy: The Great But Neglected Chief Justice'') and Liam Cosgrave (''Liam Cosgrave: Parliamentarian, Fine Gael Leader, Cabinet Minister and Taoiseach''). He also announced plans for several projects, including a book on World War I casualties among Irish barristers. Kennedy died at University Hospital Limerick on 21 January 2020 following a short illness. He is buried in Mount Saint Oliver's Cemetery, Limerick.

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