Michael Lynch (Irish politician)

{{Short description|Irish politician (1934–2019)}}

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| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = February 1987

| term_end = June 1989

| term_start1 = February 1982

| term_end1 = November 1982

| constituency1 = Meath

| office2 = Senator

| term_start2 = 23 February 1983

| term_end2 = 17 February 1987

| constituency2 = Administrative Panel

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|8|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = County Meath, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|5|21|1934|8|25|df=y}}

| death_place = County Meath, Ireland

| nationality = Irish

| party = Fianna Fáil

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| spouse = Maureen Lynch

| children = 4

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Michael Lynch (25 August 1934 – 21 May 2019) was a Fianna Fáil politician from County Meath in Ireland. He served two terms as a Teachta Dála (TD) in the 1980s, and was a Senator for four years.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Michael-Lynch.D.1982-03-09/|title=Michael Lynch|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=11 February 2008}}

Lynch stood unsuccessfully as a Fianna Fáil candidate for Dáil Éireann for the Meath constituency at the 1977 and 1981 general elections, before winning a seat there at the February 1982 general election. He was defeated at the November 1982 general election, but was then elected to the 17th Seanad on the Administrative Panel.

He was returned to the Dáil at the 1987 general election, but after a further defeat at the 1989 general election (by his Fianna Fáil colleague Mary Wallace) he did not stand for the Dáil again. He was also unsuccessful in the 1993 elections to the 20th Seanad.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=699|title=Michael Lynch|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=11 February 2008}}

He was a long-serving member of Meath County Council for the Kells electoral area for many years, retiring at the 2009 local elections.

Lynch owned and ran the Ceili House pub in Oldcastle.

He died on 21 May 2019, aged 84.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/former-meath-td-and-senator-dies-1.3901095|newspaper=The Irish Times|title=Former Meath TD and senator dies|date=22 May 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/michael-lynch-oldcastle-meath/388798|title=Death Notice of Michael Lynch|work=RIP.ie|date=22 May 2019|access-date=24 April 2023}}