Eddie Filgate
Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1915–2017)
Eddie Filgate | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
| In office June 1977 – November 1982 | |
| Constituency | Louth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1915-09-16)16 September 1915 County Louth, Ireland |
| Died | 19 January 2017(2017-01-19) (aged 101) Ardee, County Louth, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse | Elish Filgate |
| Children | 5 |
Edward Filgate (16 September 1915 – 19 January 2017) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served for five years as Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency.[1]
He was first elected to the 21st Dáil at the 1977 general election. He was re-elected twice, at the 1981 and the February 1982 general elections. He did not contest the November 1982 general election.[2]
He and his wife, Elish, had five children. Elish died in 1989. One of 11 children, he lived in the township of Priorstate, in his native village of Louth, near Dundalk, next to the site of the house he grew up in. He was the final member of the family to permanently live in the village. He became a centenarian in September 2015[3] and died on 19 January 2017, aged 101.[4] He is buried in the graveyard of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Louth.
References
- ^ "Edward Filgate". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
- ^ "Eddie Filgate". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
- ^ "Eddie Filgate marks 100th birthday". Mid Louth Independent. 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Former Louth TD Eddie Filgate passes away aged 101". Dundalk Democrat. 19 January 2017.
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Louth constituency
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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| 4th | 1923 | Frank Aiken (Rep) | James Murphy (CnaG) | Peter Hughes (CnaG) | 3 seats until 1977 | ||||||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | Frank Aiken (FF) | James Coburn (NL) | ||||||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | ||||||||||
| 7th | 1932 | James Coburn (Ind) | |||||||||
| 8th | 1933 | ||||||||||
| 9th | 1937 | Laurence Walsh (FF) | James Coburn (FG) | ||||||||
| 10th | 1938 | ||||||||||
| 11th | 1943 | Roddy Connolly (Lab) | |||||||||
| 12th | 1944 | Laurence Walsh (FF) | |||||||||
| 13th | 1948 | Roddy Connolly (Lab) | |||||||||
| 14th | 1951 | Laurence Walsh (FF) | |||||||||
| 1954 by-election | George Coburn (FG) | ||||||||||
| 15th | 1954 | Paddy Donegan (FG) | |||||||||
| 16th | 1957 | Pádraig Faulkner[a] (FF) | |||||||||
| 17th | 1961 | Paddy Donegan (FG) | |||||||||
| 18th | 1965 | ||||||||||
| 19th | 1969 | ||||||||||
| 20th | 1973 | Joseph Farrell (FF) | |||||||||
| 21st | 1977 | Eddie Filgate (FF) | 4 seats 1977–2011 | ||||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Paddy Agnew (AHB) | Bernard Markey (FG) | ||||||||
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb) | Thomas Bellew (FF) | |||||||||
| 24th | 1982 (Nov) | Michael Bell (Lab) | Séamus Kirk[b] (FF) | Brendan McGahon (FG) | |||||||
| 25th | 1987 | Dermot Ahern (FF) | |||||||||
| 26th | 1989 | ||||||||||
| 27th | 1992 | ||||||||||
| 28th | 1997 | ||||||||||
| 29th | 2002 | Arthur Morgan (SF) | Fergus O'Dowd (FG) | ||||||||
| 30th | 2007 | ||||||||||
| 31st | 2011 | Gerry Adams (SF) | Ged Nash (Lab) | Peter Fitzpatrick (FG) | |||||||
| 32nd | 2016 | Declan Breathnach (FF) | Imelda Munster (SF) | ||||||||
| 33rd | 2020 | Ruairí Ó Murchú (SF) | Ged Nash (Lab) | Peter Fitzpatrick (Ind) | |||||||
- ^ Faulker served as Ceann Comhairle in the 21st Dáil from 1977 to 1981, and was returned automatically at the 1981 election.
- ^ Kirk served as Ceann Comhairle in the 30th Dáil from 2009 to 2011, and was returned automatically at the 2011 election.
