Michael Gleeson (politician)

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Michael "Mick" Gleeson (born 1946 in Killarney, County Kerry) is an Irish politician and former sportsperson.

Sporting career

He played Gaelic football with his local club Spa and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1969 until 1972.^[1] He was also a member of the Kerry junior team and won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship medal in 1967.

He has been a Killarney town councillor since 1991 and a Kerry County Councillor since 1999, as part of the South Kerry Independent Alliance. He ran at the 2011 general election but was not elected.^[2] He has also been Mayor of Killarney.

v t e Kerry – 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (21st title)

1 J. Culloty (c) 2 S. Murphy 3 P. O'Donoghue 4 S. Mac Gearailt 5 T. Prendergast 6 M. Morris 7 M. Ó Sé 8 M. O'Connell 9 D. J. Crowley 10 B. Lynch 11 P. Griffin 12 É. O'Donoghue 13 M. Gleeson 14 L. Higgins 15 M. O'Dwyer Manager T. Lyne

v t e Kerry – 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (22nd title)

1 J. Culloty 2 S. Murphy 3 P. O'Donoghue 4 D. O'Sullivan (c) 5 T. Prendergast 6 J. O'Keeffe 7 M. Ó Sé 8 M. O'Connell 9 D. J. Crowley 10 B. Lynch 11 P. Griffin 12 É. O'Donoghue 13 M. Gleeson 14 L. Higgins 15 M. O'Dwyer Sub used S. Mac Gearailt Manager T. Lyne

Kerry – 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used in drawn game: D. Crowley for S. Mac Gearailt; P. Griffin for L. Higgins
Subs used in replay: D. Crowley for S. Mac Gearailt; P. Griffin for M. Gleeson; J. Walsh for B. Lynch

Persondata
Name	Gleeson, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Gaelic football player and politician
Date of birth	1946
Place of birth	Killarney, County Kerry
Date of death
Place of death

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