Brendan Crinion

Brendan Crinion (11 November 1923 – 2 July 1989) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served for more than twenty years as a Teachta Dála (TD) and as a Senator.[1]

Brendan Crinion
Teachta Dála
In office
February 1973  February 1982
ConstituencyMeath
In office
October 1961  June 1969
ConstituencyKildare
Senator
In office
November 1969  February 1973
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born(1923-11-11)11 November 1923
Died2 July 1989(1989-07-02) (aged 65)
NationalityIrish
Political partyFianna Fáil

A farmer before entering politics, Crinion was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Kildare constituency at the 1961 general election.[2] He was returned for Kildare at the 1965 general election, but after boundary changes[3] for the 1969 general election he stood in the neighbouring Meath constituency. He was defeated there, but was then nominated by the Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, to the 12th Seanad.

At the next general election in 1973, he stood again in Meath, unseating the long-serving Fianna Fáil TD Michael Hilliard. Crinion was re-elected in Meath at the 1977 general election and again in 1981 general election, before retiring from politics at the February 1982 general election.[2]

References

  1. "Brendan Crinion". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  2. "Brendan Crinion". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  3. The 1961 constituency boundaries had incorporated the areas of County Meath around Dunshaughlin and Trim in the Kildare constituency; but the 1969 boundary changes placed those districts in the Meath constituency, along with the Kildare districts of Edenderry and Celbridge.
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