Joe Sheridan

Not to be confused with Joe Sheridan (Gaelic footballer).

Joe Sheridan
Teachta Dála
In office
October 1961 – June 1981
ConstituencyLongford–Westmeath
Senator
In office
22 May 1957 – 14 December 1961
ConstituencyLabour Panel
In office
14 May 1956 – 22 May 1957
ConstituencyAgricultural Panel
Personal details
Born(1914-11-27)27 November 1914
County Longford, Ireland
Died30 September 2000(2000-09-30) (aged 85)
County Longford, Ireland
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Fine Gael
Children9, including Kathy

Joseph Michael Sheridan (27 November 1914 – 30 September 2000) was an Irish politician, originally with Fine Gael but for most of his career an independent.[1][2]

Sheridan came from Colmcille in County Longford, and had three brothers and two sisters.[3] He moved to Westmeath, first to Kilbeggan and then to Mullingar.[1] An auctioneer and farmer by profession,[2] he was elected to Westmeath County Council,[1] and then to Seanad Éireann by the Agricultural Panel at a by-election on 14 May 1956.[2] He was re-elected at the 1957 Seanad election, this time by the Labour Panel.[2]

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as an independent Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency at the 1961 general election.[2] In spite of his Fine Gael background, he supported the minority Fianna Fáil government.[1] He was re-elected at the 1965, 1969, 1973 and 1977 general elections. He concentrated on local constituency needs, with the electoral slogan "Vote for Joe, the Man you Know."[1][4] He retired at the 1981 general election.[5]

Sheridan had five sons and four daughters,[1] one of whom, Kathy Sheridan, is a journalist with The Irish Times.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Death of Member and Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy, Vol. 164 No. 1". Oireachtas. 11 October 2000. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Joseph Sheridan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Longford priest dies following crash". Longford Leader. 20 September 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  4. ^ McGuire, Tom (2007). The Election book. O'Brien. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-84717-031-6.
  5. ^ "Joseph Sheridan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Book gives a new voice to Longford women". Longford Leader. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2011.