Jimmy Deenihan

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2014–2016
Mary Dowling
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(m. 1988)​
Jimmy Deenihan
Jimmy Deenihan 2013 (cropped).jpg
Deenihan in 2013
Minister of State Foreign Affairs and Trade
Education St Michael's College, Listowel
Alma mater Thomond College

Jimmy Deenihan (born 11 September 1952) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Minister of State for the Diaspora from 2014 to 2016, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht from 2011 to 2014 and Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry from 1994 to 1997. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1987 to 2016. He was a Senator from 1983 to 1987, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. [1] [2] [3]

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Deenihan played Gaelic football for the Kerry county team in the 1970s and 1980s. He also played rugby with Garryowen.

Early and private life

Deenihan was born in Finuge, Lixnaw, County Kerry, in 1952. He was educated at St Michael's College, Listowel and later at the Thomond College of Education in Limerick. He also spent time in college in the UK. He is married to Mary, daughter of former Kerry footballer John Dowling, who is a teacher of history and economics in Mercy Secondary School, Mounthawk.

Football career

  1. ↑ "Jimmy Deenihan". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Noonan named as new Finance Minister". RTÉ News . 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Simon Harris among new Ministers of State". RTÉ News . 15 July 2014. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 25 January 1995. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  5. ↑ Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 1995 ( S.I. No. 37 of 1995 ). Signed on 24 January 1995. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 10 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 1997 ( S.I. No. 65 of 1997 ). Signed on 4 February 1997. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 10 August 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Jimmy Deenihan". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Bruton & Noonan return to Fine Gael frontbench". RTÉ News . 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  9. ↑ "Appointment of Members of Government; Assignment of Departments of State" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil . 2011 (21): 381, 383. 15 March 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  10. ↑ Paul Cullen (14 May 2011). "Government wants to repossess landmark College Green bank". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  11. ↑ "Titanic TV show to boost Irish economy". RTÉ Ten. 9 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  12. ↑ "Special report: Limerick community hopes Ryan step-down marks end to troubled saga". Irish Examiner. 6 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Resignation of Members of the Government" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. 2014 (57): 1078. 18 July 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "Appointment of Ministers of State" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. 2014 (62): 1172. 5 August 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
Jimmy Deenihan
Winners of the Sneem Annual 7-a-side Gaelic Football tournament in Spring 1975 (9420313355).jpg
Deenihan in 1975 (front row, centre right)
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SportGaelic football
Position Right corner-back
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