Matthew Keating (23 May 1869 – 25 May 1937) was an Irish politician. He was born at Mountain Ash, south Wales, the second son of Cornelius Keating, a native of Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry. He was educated at the local Catholic Elementary School and became a miner with Nixon's Navigation Collieries Ltd. Subsequently, he went into business at Cardiff and Newport, moving to London in 1898.
He was elected unopposed as Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament for South Kilkenny at a by-election in 1909, after his predecessor N. J. Murphy was declared bankrupt, and held the seat until the 1918 general election, when he was defeated by the Sinn Fein candidate James O'Mara by 8,685 votes to 1,855.
He took a keen interest in literary affairs and was a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.
In 1913 he married Hannah Sweeney, of Gore, New Zealand, whose family were from Co. Donegal. He died at his home at Cricklewood, London.
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| Preceded by Nicholas Joseph Murphy |
Member of Parliament for South Kilkenny 1909–1918 |
Succeeded by Seat abolished |