Michael F. Kitt

Michael F. Kitt
Michael F. Kitt
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Gaeltacht
In office
9 May 1970 – 14 March 1973
Preceded by Gerry Collins
Succeeded by Position aboilished
Teachta Dála
In office
July 1969 – September 1974
Constituency Galway North East
In office
October 1961 – June 1969
Constituency Galway East
In office
March 1957 – September 1961
In office
February 1948 – May 1951
Constituency Galway North
Personal details
Born 13 September 1914(1914-09-13)
Mountbellew, County Galway, Ireland
Died 24 December 1974(1974-12-24) (aged 60)
Castleblakeney, County Galway, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Political party Fianna Fáil
Occupation Farmer and national school teacher
Religion Roman Catholic

Michael F. Kitt, Snr (13 September 1914 – 24 December 1974) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and long-serving TD.

He was elected to Dáil Éireann for the first time at the 1948 general election for Galway North, but lost his seat at the next election in 1951, and failed to be elected again in the 1954 general election. Kitt was re-elected to Dáil Éireann for Galway North at the 1957 general election and at the next four general elections: for Galway East in 1961 and 1965, and for Galway North East in 1969 and 1973.

In the wake of the Arms Crisis in May 1970 Kitt was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Gaeltacht, serving in that position until 1973. He died in 1974, mid-way through the 20th Dáil.

His son, Michael P. Kitt was elected in the subsequent by-election. Kitt's other son, Tom, was elected to the Dáil in 1987 and is currently Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach. Kitt's daughter, Áine Brady, is also a member of Fianna Fáil and was elected to the Dáil in the 2007 general election. Her husband, Gerard Brady, is a former TD.

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