Michael_Kennedy_(Longford_politician)
Michael Kennedy (Longford politician)
Irish politician (1897–1965)
Michael Joseph Kennedy (1 March 1897 – 14 February 1965) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a member of Dáil Éireann representing various constituencies from 1927 to 1965. He was first elected at the June 1927 general election for the Longford–Westmeath constituency.[1] He moved to the new constituency of Meath–Westmeath in 1937, and in 1948 moved back to the newly re-created Longford–Westmeath constituency.[2]
He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare from 1951 to 1954 and from 1957 to 1961.