Michael Fitzpatrick (Kildare politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Irish Fianna Fáil politician
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Place of Birth: Cootehill, Ireland
About Michael Fitzpatrick (Kildare politician)
- Michael Fitzpatrick (12 October 1942 – 14 October 2011) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
- He was elected as Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency at the 2007 general election, and served until 2011.He was a member of Kildare County Council for the Clane electoral area from 1999 to 2007.
- He was a member of the Garda SĂochána from 1961 to 1972.
- He was the constituency manager in Kildare for former Minister for Finance and European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy from 1992 to 2007.
- He also was a Kildare mayor.In 2010, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
- In an interview with The Irish Times on 12 March 2010, he said he intended to keep working as a TD.Fitzpatrick said he had “compared notes” with Brian Lenihan.
- “We are both on a journey.
- We talk and chat to one another about our illnesses”.
- He gave a presentation on his condition to the Irish Motor Neurone Research Foundation.He lost his seat at the February 2011 general election and died that October.
- Fianna Fáil cancelled its Wolfe Tone commemoration at Bodenstown, County Kildare as a mark of respect.
- His funeral was in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Allenwood, County Kildare.
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