Michael Gleeson (born 1946 in Killarney, County Kerry) is an Irish former politician and sportsperson.
Sporting career
He played Gaelic football with his local club Spa and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1969 until 1972.[1] He was also a member of the Kerry junior team and won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship medal in 1967.[citation needed]
He won three Kerry Senior Football Championships, a Munster Senior Club Football Championship and an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with East Kerry. With Spa he won seven East Kerry Senior Football Championship titles and a County Intermediate Football Championship. During his college days in Dublin he won a Dublin Under 21 Football Championship with Erins Hope in 1966. He later played with UCD and won a Sigerson Cup with them.[citation needed]
Political career
He was a Killarney town councillor from 1991 to 2014; and a Kerry County Councillor from 1983 to 1991 representing the Labour Party; and from 1999 to 2021 as part of the Kerry Independent Alliance. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2011 general election.[2] He has also been Mayor of Killarney. He retired from politics in May 2021 and was replaced on the council by his nephew John O'Donoghue.[3]
References
- ^ "Kerry GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "Michael Gleeson". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ "Cllr John O'Donoghue formally co-opted onto Kerry County Council". Radio Kerry. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2023.