Micheál Cranitch

{{Short description|Irish politician (1912–1952)}}

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|office = Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann

|term_start = 3 January

|term_end = 1 June 1973

|predecessor = Michael Yeats

|successor = James Dooge

|office1 = Senator

|term_start1 = 27 October 1977

|term_end1 = 23 February 1983

|constituency1 = Administrative Panel

|term_start2 = 5 November 1969

|term_end2 = 1 June 1973

|constituency2 = Nominated by the Taoiseach

|birth_date = {{birth date|1912|12|1|df=y}}

|birth_place = Rathcormac, County Cork, Ireland

|death_date = {{death date and age|1999|11|23|1912|12|1|df=y}}

|death_place = County Cork, Ireland

|nationality = Irish

|party = Fianna Fáil

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Mícheál C. Cranitch (1 December 1912 – 23 November 1999){{Cite news|title=Respected teacher and senator|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/respected-teacher-and-senator-1.257632|access-date=2020-12-10|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}} was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann in 1973.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/M%C3%ADche%C3%A1l-C-Cranitch.S.1970-11-19/|title=Mícheál Cranitch|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=30 January 2008|archive-date=11 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011115548/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/M%25C3%25ADche%25C3%25A1l-C-Cranitch.S.1970-11-19/|url-status=live}}

Cranitch was born in Rathcormac, County Cork. In 1969 he was nominated by the Taoiseach Jack Lynch to the 12th Seanad. In 1973, he stood for election on the Administrative Panel, but did not win a seat. However, in 1977 he won a seat in the 14th Seanad, which he held until his defeat in the 1983 election to the 18th Seanad.

He served as Cathaoirleach of the Seanad, from January to June 1973.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=9125|title=Micheal C Cranitch|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=13 February 2014|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222031118/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=9125|url-status=live}}