Patrick Kennedy
Senator
In office
February 1983 – February 1993
In office
July 1981 – May 1982
ConstituencyAdministrative Panel
Personal details
Born(1941-11-23)23 November 1941
Limerick, Ireland
Died21 January 2020(2020-01-21) (aged 78)
Limerick, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael
SpouseLoretto Kennedy
Children4

Patrick Kennedy (23 November 1941 – 21 January 2020) was a barrister and Fine Gael politician from Limerick city in Ireland.[1]

A member of Limerick City Council, he was first elected Council in 1967 at the age of 29, becoming an Alderman in the process. He was re-elected in subsequent elections before he stood down at the 2014 elections.[2] He was Mayor of Limerick from 1974 to 1975 and from 1985 to 1986. He left Fine Gael in about the year 2000, and at the 2004 and 2009 local elections he was re-elected to the city council as an Independent candidate.[3] He re-joined Fine Gael in September 2009.[3]

Kennedy stood unsuccessfully as a Fine Gael candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Limerick East constituency at the 1969, 1973, 1977 and February 1982 general elections. He also contested the 2002 general election as an independent.

In 1981, he was elected to the 15th Seanad he won a seat on the Administrative Panel. He was unsuccessful at the 1982 Seanad election. He was returned the following year to the 17th Seanad (again on the Administrative Panel), and held that seat until his defeat at the 1993 Seanad election. He stood again for the Seanad in 1997, but was not re-elected.

He worked as a school teacher in Christian Brothers School (CBS) Limerick.[4]

In 2015, Kennedy published biographies of Chief Justice Hugh Kennedy (no relation) (Hugh Kennedy: The Great But Neglected Chief Justice) and Liam Cosgrave (Liam Cosgrave: Parliamentarian, Fine Gael Leader, Cabinet Minister and Taoiseach). He also announced plans for several projects, including a book on World War I casualties among Irish barristers.[5]

Kennedy died at University Hospital Limerick on 21 January 2020 following a short illness.[6] He is buried in Mount Saint Oliver's Cemetery, Limerick.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Patrick Kennedy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  2. ^ "Mayor pays tribute to former Mayor Patrick Kennedy who has passed away". www.limerick.ie. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Pat Kennedy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  4. ^ Tributes paid to former FG Senator Pat Kennedy By David Raleigh, Limerick Post, 24 January 2020.
  5. ^ "New book on chief justice Hugh Kennedy" (PDF). Limerick Leader. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. ^ "'A political colossus': Limerick's longest serving councillor passes away". Limerick Leader. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Death notice of Patrick C. Kennedy". RIP.ie. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
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