Henry Kenny

Henry Frances Kenny, who lived from 7 September 1913 to 25 September 1975, was an Irish Fine Gael politician and Gaelic footballer born in Castlebar, County Mayo. He played club football with Castlebar Mitchels, winning several county senior championship medals in the 1930s, and was a member of the Mayo team that won six consecutive National Football League titles from 1934 to 1939. He also won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal with Mayo in 1936. After qualifying as a national school teacher he entered politics and was elected to Dáil Éireann at his first attempt in 1954 as a Teachta Dála for Mayo South, holding a seat until his death, and he served as Minister of State at the Department of Finance from 1973 to 1975. He was the father of Enda Kenny, later Taoiseach.