Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Michael Keyes
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
{{Short description|Irish Labour Party politician and trade unionist (1886–1959)}} {{for|the Roman Catholic bishop|Michael Joseph Keyes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Michael Keyes | image = | office = [[Minister for Posts and Telegraphs]] | taoiseach = [[John A. Costello]] | term_start = 2 June 1954 | term_end = 20 March 1957 | predecessor = [[Erskine Hamilton Childers|Erskine H. Childers]] | successor = [[Neil Blaney]] | office1 = [[Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage|Minister for Local Government]] | taoiseach1 = John A. Costello | term_start1 = 11 May 1949 | term_end1 = 13 June 1951 | predecessor1 = [[William Norton]] (acting) | successor1 = [[Patrick Smith (politician)|Paddy Smith]] | office2 = [[Teachta Dála]] | term_start2 = [[1948 Irish general election|February 1948]] | term_end2 = [[1957 Irish general election|March 1957]] | constituency2 = [[Limerick East (Dáil constituency)|Limerick East]] | term_start4 = [[1933 Irish general election|January 1933]] | term_end4 = [[1948 Irish general election|February 1948]] | term_start5 = [[June 1927 Irish general election|June 1927]] | term_end5 = [[September 1927 Irish general election|September 1927]] | constituency5 = [[Limerick (Dáil constituency)|Limerick]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1886|3|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Limerick]], Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1959|9|8|1886|3|21|df=y}} | death_place = Limerick, Ireland | nationality = [[Irish people|Irish]] | party = [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] | occupation = Carpenter | spouse = {{marriage|Sheila Clancy|1916}} | children = 5 | alma_mater = }} '''Michael John Keyes''' (21 March 1886 – 8 September 1959) was an Irish [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] politician and [[trade union]]ist. He was born on 21 March 1886 at 41 Blackboy Pike, Limerick city, the second son of Michael Keyes, caretaker, and his wife Hannah (née White). After being educated by the Christian Brothers at Sexton Street, Limerick, he began work as a clerk on the Waterford–Limerick railway line and subsequently served an apprenticeship in carpentry in the workshop of the [[Great Southern and Western Railway]] where he remained until 1927.<ref name=dib>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/keyes-michael-john-a4532|title=Keyes, Michael John|last=Ferriter|first=Diarmaid|work=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]|access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref> He had also joined the National Union of Railwaymen and was chairman of the Limerick shopmens’ branch (1915–1926). In 1918 he was active in the [[Conscription Crisis of 1918|anti-conscription campaign]] and the following year was appointed a delegate to the [[Irish Trades Union Congress]] in [[Drogheda]]. He was president of the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1943, and in February 1945 represented it at the World Federation of Trade Unions in London.<ref name=dib/> He was first elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] on his second attempt in 1927 as a Labour Party [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Limerick (Dáil constituency)|Limerick]] constituency.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Michael-J-Keyes.D.1927-06-23/|title=Michael Keyes|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=4 January 2011}}</ref> He lost his seat in the [[September 1927 Irish general election|second election in 1927]] and failed to be elected at the [[1932 Irish general election|1932 general election]], however, he returned to the Dáil at the [[1933 Irish general election|1933 general election]]. During the [[Spanish Civil War]] he sided with the [[Irish Christian Front]] who supported [[Francisco Franco|Franco's]] [[Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)|Nationalists]] over the [[Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)|Republicans]].<ref name="magill">{{cite web |url=http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/politicians%2004.pdf |title=Extract from Magill's Book of Irish Politics|date= |website=limerickcity.ie |publisher=Limerick City.ie |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> In 1949 he joined the [[Government of Ireland|cabinet]] of [[John A. Costello]] replacing the recently deceased [[Timothy J. Murphy]] and serving as [[Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage|Minister for Local Government]] from 1949 to 1951. During the [[Mother and Child Scheme]] controversy he urged the government to accept the Catholic Church in Ireland's rebuke of the scheme.<ref name="magill"/> He served in government again between 1954 and 1957, serving as [[Minister for Posts and Telegraphs]]. Keyes fought his last election in 1954 and subsequently retired from the Dáil.<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1353|title=Michael Keyes|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=4 January 2011}}</ref> He also served as [[Mayor of Limerick]] from 1928 to 1930,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/pages-in-history/the-mayors-of-limerick/notable-mayors-in-limeric/michael-keyes/|title=Michael Keyes|work=AskAboutIreland.ie|access-date=4 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/mayoralty%2001.pdf |title=Mayoralty of Limerick |access-date=24 April 2017 |archive-date=25 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425205005/http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/mayoralty%2001.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> as did his son Christopher P. Keyes from 1957 to 1958 and his grand nephew, Joe Leddin in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/mayors%20053.pdf|title=Mayors|work=Limerick Leader|date=26 June 1957}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.labour.ie/joeleddin|title=Joe Leddin|date=5 November 2015|work=Labour.ie}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-civ}} {{s-bef|before = John George O'Brien}} {{s-ttl|title = [[Mayor of Limerick]] |years = 1928–1930}} {{s-aft|after = Patrick Donnellan}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before = [[Michael Colgan (politician)|Michael Colgan]]}} {{s-ttl|title = President of the [[Irish Trades Union Congress]] |years = 1943}} {{s-aft|after = [[Robert Getgood]]}} {{s-bef|before = [[William Norton]]}} {{s-ttl|title = [[Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage|Minister for Local Government]] |years = 1949–1951}} {{s-aft|after = [[Patrick Smith (politician)|Paddy Smith]]}} {{s-bef|before = [[Erskine Hamilton Childers|Erskine H. Childers]]}} {{s-ttl|title = [[Minister for Posts and Telegraphs]] |years = 1954–1957}} {{s-aft|after = [[Neil Blaney]]}} {{s-end}} {{Limerick (Dáil constituency)/TDs}} {{Limerick East (Dáil constituency)/TDs}} {{5th Government of Ireland}} {{7th Government of Ireland}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Keyes, Michael}} [[Category:1886 births]] [[Category:1959 deaths]] [[Category:Labour Party (Ireland) TDs]] [[Category:Members of the 5th Dáil]] [[Category:Members of the 8th Dáil]] [[Category:Members of the 9th Dáil]] [[Category:Members of the 10th Dáil]] [[Category:Members of the 11th Dáil]] [[Category:Members of the 12th Dáil]] [[Category:Members of the 13th Dáil]] [[Category:Members of the 14th Dáil]] [[Category:Members of the 15th Dáil]] [[Category:Mayors of Limerick (city)]] [[Category:Members of Limerick City Council]] [[Category:Trade unionists from County Limerick]]
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page
(
help
)
:
Template:5th Government of Ireland
(
edit
)
Template:7th Government of Ireland
(
edit
)
Template:Authority control
(
edit
)
Template:Cite web
(
edit
)
Template:For
(
edit
)
Template:Infobox officeholder
(
edit
)
Template:Limerick (Dáil constituency)/TDs
(
edit
)
Template:Limerick East (Dáil constituency)/TDs
(
edit
)
Template:Reflist
(
edit
)
Template:S-aft
(
edit
)
Template:S-bef
(
edit
)
Template:S-civ
(
edit
)
Template:S-end
(
edit
)
Template:S-off
(
edit
)
Template:S-start
(
edit
)
Template:S-ttl
(
edit
)
Template:Short description
(
edit
)
Template:Use Hiberno-English
(
edit
)
Template:Use dmy dates
(
edit
)