Michael Yeats, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Michael Yeats

Irish politician and barrister

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1921

Place of Birth: Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Jan-2007

Profession: politician

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Michael Yeats

  • Michael Butler Yeats (22 August 1921 – 3 January 2007) was an Irish barrister and Fianna Fáil politician.
  • He served two periods as a member of Seanad Éireann. His father was the poet W.
  • B.
  • Yeats, who likewise served in the Seanad, and his mother was Georgie Hyde-Lees.
  • His sister Anne Yeats was a painter and designer, as was his uncle Jack Butler Yeats.
  • Michael was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was an officer in the College Historical Society.
  • He unsuccessfully stood for election to Dáil Éireann at the 1948 general election and the 1951 general election for the Dublin South-East constituency.Following the 1951 election, Yeats was nominated to the 7th Seanad by the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera.
  • He stood at the subsequent election in 1954 for the 8th Seanad but was not elected. From 1961 to 1980 he was a member of Seanad Éireann.
  • In 1961 he was elected to the 10th Seanad by the Labour Panel.
  • In 1965 he was nominated by the Taoiseach Seán Lemass to the 11th Seanad.
  • In 1969 he was elected to the 12th Seanad by the Cultural and Educational Panel, and re-elected to the 13th Seanad in 1973.
  • In 1977, he was nominated by the Taoiseach Jack Lynch to the 14th Seanad.
  • He resigned from the Seanad on 12 March 1980.From 1969 to 1973, during the 12th Seanad, he served as Cathaoirleach (chair). While a senator, Yeats served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 to 1979, being appointed to Ireland's first, second and third delegations.
  • He stood at the first direct elections in 1979 for the Dublin constituency but was not elected.He was married to Gráinne Ni hEigeartaigh, a singer and Irish harpist.
  • They had four children: daughters CaitrĂ­ona (a concert harpist), Siobhán (a patents professional) and SĂ­le (a broadcaster with RTÉ who also died in 2007), and a son, Pádraig (an engineer).

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