Michael Carty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michael Carty

Irish politician

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1916

Place of Birth: Loughrea, Connacht, Ireland

Date of Death: 23-Apr-1975

Profession: politician

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Michael Carty (16 December 1916 – 23 April 1975) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
Born in Loughrea, County Galway to Lawrence and Josephine Carty, he was the eldest of seven children.
A schoolteacher by profession, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Galway South constituency at the 1957 general election.
From 1961 to 1969, he represented the Galway East constituency, and from 1969 to 1973 the Clare–Galway South constituency.
He retired from politics in 1973. He served in the government of Seán Lemass on one occasion from 1965 to 1969 as Government Chief Whip, occupying the positions of Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence.