Kieran Crotty (20 August 1930 – 22 July 2022) was an Irish
Fine Gael
Fine Gael (, ; English: "Family (or Tribe) of the Irish") is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil à ...
politician who served as a
Teachta Dála
A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parli ...
(TD) for the
Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 1969 to 1989.
Crotty was first elected to the
Dáil following the
1969 general election as a Fine Gael
TD for
Carlow–Kilkenny. His father
Patrick Crotty was a TD for Carlow–Kilkenny from 1948 to 1969. He was re-elected six times, at the
1973
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1977
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1981
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February 1982,
November 1982 and
1987
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general elections. He did not contest the
1989 general election.
He was elected as Mayor of
Kilkenny for six one-year-terms between 1970 and 1995.
He died on 22 July 2022, at the age of 91.
See also
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Families in the Oireachtas
There is a tradition in Irish politics of having family members succeed each other, frequently in the same parliamentary seat. This article lists families where two or more members of that family have been members ( TD or Senator) of either of th ...
References
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1930 births
2022 deaths
Fine Gael TDs
Local councillors in County Kilkenny
Politicians from County Kilkenny
Kilkenny
People from Kilkenny (city)
Members of the 19th Dáil
Members of the 20th Dáil
Members of the 21st Dáil
Members of the 22nd Dáil
Members of the 23rd Dáil
Members of the 24th Dáil
Members of the 25th Dáil
Kilkenny inter-county hurlers