Séamus Kirk
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Séamus Kirk (born 26 April 1945) is an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician who has served for more than twenty years in the Oireachtas, as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth.
Born in Drumkeith, County Louth, Kirk is married, with three sons and one daughter. He was a farmer before entering politics. He lives in the parish of Knockbridge.
Kirk was first elected in the November 1982 general election, to the 24th Dáil. He has been returned in each subsequent election, most recently in 2007. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the European Parliment in 2004 in the Leinster constituency. The Fianna Fáil seat went to his running mate Liam Aylward.
He was Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food from 1997 to 1992.
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