Paddy Keaveney

Patrick "Paddy" Keaveney (28 October 1929 – 19 July 1995) was an Co-operative manager from County Donegal and a politician of the Independent Fianna Fáil party, who was a Teachta Dála (TD) for one year. [cite news |url=http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=20&MemberID=562&ConstID=50 |title=Mr Paddy Keaveney |author= |work=Oireachtas Members Database |date= |accessdate=2008-01-02]

He was elected to the 20th Dáil as TD for Donegal North East at a by-election in June 1976 caused by the death of Fianna Fáil TD Liam Cunningham.cite news |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1973B&cons=72%20&ref=99 |title=By Election, 10 June 1976: Donegal North East |author= |work=ElectionsIreland.org |date= |accessdate=2008-01-02] His surprise victory gave Independent Fianna Fáil two out of the three seats in Donegal North-East, but the constituency was abolished for the 1977 general election, when he was defeated in the new Donegal constituency. He did not stand again.cite news |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3109 |title=Patrick Keaveney |author= |work=ElectionsIreland.org |date= |accessdate=2008-01-02]

Keaveney was later elected to Donegal County Council, and after his death in 1995, his daughter Cecilia was co-opted to take his place as councillor. The following year, she was elected to Dáil Éireann as the Fianna Fáil candidate in a by-election following the death of death of Independent Fianna Fáil's founder Neil Blaney.

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