Jimmy Deenihan was born in Finuge, Lixnaw, County Kerry, in 1952 and is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who also played Gaelic football for the Kerry county team in the 1970s and 1980s. He was educated at St Michael's College, Listowel, and the Thomond College of Education in Limerick, and won club and divisional titles with Finuge and Feale Rangers. After a Munster minor medal in 1970 and an All-Ireland under-21 title in 1973, he won his first Munster and All-Ireland senior medals in 1975 under Mick O'Dwyer, and went on to win further All-Ireland medals in 1978 and 1979 and to captain Kerry in 1981. He also played rugby with Garryowen. In politics he was a Senator from 1983 to 1987, a Teachta Dála from 1987 to 2016, and Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht from 2011 to 2014.
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Deenihan was born in Finuge, Lixnaw, County Kerry, in 1952.
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Deenihan played Gaelic football for the Kerry county team in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Two years later in 1975, Deenihan captured his first Munster Championship and All-Ireland medals at senior level
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Deenihan played Gaelic football for the Kerry county team in the 1970s and 1980s.
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