Michael Herbert
Irish politician and hurler (1925–2006)
Michael Herbert | |
|---|---|
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office June 1969 – June 1981 | |
| Constituency | Limerick East |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office January 1973 – June 1979 | |
| Constituency | Oireachtas Delegation |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1925-05-17)17 May 1925 Castleconnell, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 20 June 2006(2006-06-20) (aged 81) County Limerick, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
Michael Herbert (17 May 1925 – 20 June 2006) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1]
Career
A publican from Castleconnell,[2] County Limerick, he unsuccessfully contested the 1965 general election and was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick East constituency.[3] He was re-elected for the constituency until the 1981 general election when he did not stand for re-election. He was again unsuccessful in the November 1982 election.
While a TD, Herbert served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 to 1979, being appointed to Ireland's first delegation, second delegation and third delegation.
In the first direct elections to the European Parliament in December 1979 he stood in the Munster constituency but was not elected.
He played hurling as a full-back with the Limerick Senior Hurling team, with whom he won a National Hurling League medal in 1947, and also with his local club Ahane. He retired prematurely from the game following a serious head injury caused by an assault with a hurley in a club match in 1949. His assailant received 12 months imprisonment. His brothers Seán Herbert and Tony Herbert were also hurlers with Limerick and his son Turlough Herbert was a member of the Limerick senior hurling panel for the 1994 All-Ireland final.
Michael Herbert died in 2006, aged 81.
See also
References
- ^ "Michael Herbert". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "Two former TDs turned publicans die". Irish Examiner. 20 June 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "Michael Herbert". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
External links
- Michael Herbert file at Limerick City Library, Ireland
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Limerick East constituency
This table is transcluded from Limerick East (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13th | 1948 | Michael Keyes (Lab) | Robert Ryan (FF) | James Reidy (FG) | Daniel Bourke (FF) | 4 seats 1948–1981 | |||||
| 14th | 1951 | Tadhg Crowley (FF) | |||||||||
| 1952 by-election | John Carew (FG) | ||||||||||
| 15th | 1954 | Donogh O'Malley (FF) | |||||||||
| 16th | 1957 | Ted Russell (Ind) | Paddy Clohessy (FF) | ||||||||
| 17th | 1961 | Stephen Coughlan (Lab) | Tom O'Donnell (FG) | ||||||||
| 18th | 1965 | ||||||||||
| 1968 by-election | Desmond O'Malley (FF) | ||||||||||
| 19th | 1969 | Michael Herbert (FF) | |||||||||
| 20th | 1973 | ||||||||||
| 21st | 1977 | Michael Lipper (Ind) | |||||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Jim Kemmy (Ind) | Peadar Clohessy (FF) | Michael Noonan (FG) | |||||||
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb) | Jim Kemmy (DSP) | Willie O'Dea (FF) | ||||||||
| 24th | 1982 (Nov) | Frank Prendergast (Lab) | |||||||||
| 25th | 1987 | Jim Kemmy (DSP) | Desmond O'Malley (PDs) | Peadar Clohessy (PDs) | |||||||
| 26th | 1989 | ||||||||||
| 27th | 1992 | Jim Kemmy (Lab) | |||||||||
| 28th | 1997 | Eddie Wade (FF) | |||||||||
| 1998 by-election | Jan O'Sullivan (Lab) | ||||||||||
| 29th | 2002 | Tim O'Malley (PDs) | Peter Power (FF) | ||||||||
| 30th | 2007 | Kieran O'Donnell (FG) | |||||||||
| 31st | 2011 | Constituency abolished. See Limerick City and Limerick | |||||||||
