Editing Patrick Lalor

{{short description|Irish politician and hurler (1926–2016)}}
{{for|the 19th-century politician from Laois|Patrick "Patt" Lalor}}
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| image         =  Patrick Lalor, 1985 (cropped).jpg
| caption       =  Lalor in 1985
| office        = [[Member of the European Parliament]]
| term_start    = June 1979
| term_end      = June 1994
| constituency  = [[Leinster (European Parliament constituency)|Leinster]]
| office1       = [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Minister of State/Parliamentary Secretary]]
| suboffice1    = [[Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach|Government Chief Whip]]
| subterm1      = 1977–1979
| suboffice2    = [[Minister of State at the Department of Defence|Defence]]
| subterm2      = 1977–1979
| office3       = [[Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment|Minister for Industry and Commerce]]
| taoiseach3    = [[Jack Lynch]]
| term_start3   = 9 May 1970
| term_end3     = 14 March 1973
| predecessor3  = [[George Colley]]
| successor3    = [[Justin Keating]]
| office4       = [[Minister for Posts and Telegraphs]]
| taoiseach4    = [[Jack Lynch]]
| term_start4   = 2 July 1969
| term_end4     = 9 May 1970
| predecessor4  = [[Erskine Hamilton Childers|Erskine H. Childers]]
| successor4    = [[Gerry Collins (politician)|Gerry Collins]]
| office5       = [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Parliamentary Secretary]]
| suboffice5    = [[Minister of State at the Department of Posts and Telegraphs|Posts and Telegraphs]]
| subterm5      = 1966–1969
| suboffice6    = [[Minister of State at the Department of Transport|Transport and Power]]
| subterm6      = 1966–1969
| suboffice7    = [[Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine|Agriculture]]
| subterm7      = 1965–1966
| office8       = [[Teachta Dála]]
| term_start8   = [[1961 Irish general election|June 1961]]
| term_end8     = [[1981 Irish general election|June 1981]]
| constituency8 = [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]]
| party         = [[Fianna Fáil]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1926|7|21|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Portlaois]], [[County Laois]], Ireland
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2016|07|29|1926|7|21|df=y}}
| death_place   = [[Abbeyleix]], County Laois, Ireland 
| nationality   = Irish
| spouse        = Myra Lalor<ref name=":0"/>
| children      = 4 
|}}
'''Patrick Joseph Lalor''' (21 July 1926 – 29 July 2016) was an Irish [[Fianna Fáil]] politician and former [[hurling]] player for [[Laois GAA|Laois]]. He was a [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]] between 1961 and 1981, and a government minister on two separate occasions during the [[19th Dáil]]. He later represented [[Leinster (European Parliament constituency)|Leinster]] in the [[European Parliament]] from 1979 to 1994.

==Hurling career==
Lalor was a member of the [[Laois GAA|Laois]] team that won the [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]] in 1949. The team went on to compete in the [[1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] final but lost to [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]].<ref name=it>{{cite news|last1=MacConnell|first1=Eoghan|title=Death occurs of former Fianna Fáil minister Paddy Lalor|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/death-occurs-of-former-fianna-f%C3%A1il-minister-paddy-lalor-1.2740662|access-date=2 August 2016|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=30 July 2016|archive-date=1 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801065142/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/death-occurs-of-former-fianna-f%C3%A1il-minister-paddy-lalor-1.2740662|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year he helped his club [[Abbeyleix GAA|Abbeyleix]] to win the [[Laois Senior Hurling Championship]]. Between 1953 and 1956, Lalor was county secretary of Laois GAA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laois G.A.A. History 1947 - 1999|url=http://www.laoisgaa.ie/contentPage/43277/a_minor_rising1947-1999|publisher=Laois GAA|access-date=2 August 2016|archive-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414135731/http://www.laoisgaa.ie/contentPage/43277/a_minor_rising1947-1999|url-status=live}}</ref>

He played [[gaelic football|football]] and [[hurling]] for his club and county for many years and is generally regarded as one of the most skillful hurlers to have pulled Laois jersey. This was evidenced by his selection in 1999 on the Laois Hurling Team of the Millennium.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laois mourn Leinster winning hurler Paddy Lalor|url=http://hoganstand.com/Laois/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=258849|publisher=Hogan Stand|access-date=2 August 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817091015/http://hoganstand.com/Laois/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=258849|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lalor played 70 times for Laois senior hurlers, scoring 199 points in his time with the senior team. At the time of his retirement, he was the all-time top scorer for the county and was top of the scoring charts for over 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/1602020/|title=Untitled Visualisation|website=Flourish|access-date=7 May 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507232419/https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/1602020/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also played five times for the senior footballers, scoring 13 points.

==Political career==
Lalor was elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] on his first attempt at the [[1961 Irish general election|1961 general election]] as a [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] for [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]] in the [[17th Dáil]].<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Patrick-J-Lalor.D.1961-10-11/|title=Patrick J. Lalor|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=30 September 2012|archive-date=6 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106210731/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Patrick-J-Lalor.D.1961-10-11|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1965, he was appointed [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine|Minister for Agriculture]]. The following year, Lalor became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for [[Minister for Transport (Ireland)|Transport and Power]] and [[Minister for Posts and Telegraphs|Posts and Telegraphs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Government: Eighteenth Dáil|url=http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Historical_Information/History_of_Government/Eighteenth_D%C3%A1il.html|publisher=Government of Ireland|access-date=2 August 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817194707/http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Historical_Information/History_of_Government/Eighteenth_D%C3%A1il.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the [[1969 Irish general election|1969 election]], Lalor joined the cabinet of [[Jack Lynch]] as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs. In the cabinet reshuffle that took place following the [[Arms Crisis]] in 1970, he took over the [[Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment|Industry and Commerce]] portfolio, serving in that position until the [[1973 Irish general election|1973 general election]], when a [[Fine Gael]]–[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] coalition took power.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Government: Nineteenth Dáil|url=http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Historical_Information/History_of_Government/Nineteenth_D%C3%A1il.html|publisher=Government of Ireland|access-date=2 August 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817205009/http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Historical_Information/History_of_Government/Nineteenth_D%C3%A1il.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Fianna Fáil was re-elected in a landslide victory at the [[1977 Irish general election|1977 general election]] and Lalor became [[Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach|Government Chief Whip]] and [[Minister of State at the Department of Defence|Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Government: Twenty-First Dáil|url=http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Historical_Information/History_of_Government/Twenty-First_D%C3%A1il.html|publisher=Government of Ireland|access-date=3 August 2016|archive-date=19 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819035351/http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Historical_Information/History_of_Government/Twenty-First_D%C3%A1il.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1979, he was elected to the [[European Parliament]] for the [[Leinster (European Parliament constituency)|Leinster constituency]]<ref name=it/> and did not stand for a fifth re-election in the [[1981 Irish general election|1981 general election]].<ref name=oireachtas_db/><ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3243|title=Patrick Lalor|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=30 September 2012}}</ref> He was re-elected to the European Parliament in 1984 and 1989, before retiring from politics in 1994. During his time as a member of the European Parliament, he was vice-chair of the parliamentary grouping the [[European Progressive Democrats]] and its successor the [[European Democratic Alliance]]. He was also a [[Vice-President of the European Parliament]] from 1982 to 1987.<ref>{{cite web|title=(Paddy) Patrick Joseph LALOR|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/1435/(PADDY)+PATRICK+JOSEPH_LALOR_home.html|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=2 August 2016|archive-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816232916/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/1435/(PADDY)+PATRICK+JOSEPH_LALOR_home.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Lalor died on 29 July 2016 at the age of 90. He was survived by his four children. Fianna Fáil leader [[Micheál Martin]] paid tribute to Lalor saying he "had a very distinguished career and represented the people of Laois-Offaly with great pride."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0730/805944-paddy-lalor/|title=Former minister Patrick Lalor dies aged 90|date=30 July 2016|publisher=RTE|access-date=2016-07-30|archive-date=31 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731174041/http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0730/805944-paddy-lalor/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Former Fianna Fail Minister laid to rest in Laois|url=http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/home/212392/former-fianna-fail-minister-laid-to-rest-in-laois.html|publisher=Leinster Express|access-date=2 August 2016|archive-date=2 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802191950/http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/home/212392/former-fianna-fail-minister-laid-to-rest-in-laois.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{MEP|1435|Patrick Lalor}}

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