Cecilia Keaveney
| Cecilia Keaveney | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
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In office July 2007 – April 2011 |
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| Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office April 1996 – May 2007 |
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| Constituency | Donegal North-East |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 November 1968 Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Alma mater | University of Ulster |
Cecilia Keaveney (born 27 November 1968) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) and also a Senator from 1996 to 2011.
Cecilia was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. She was educated at Carndonagh Community School in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, in Ireland and then at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. She is a former music teacher.
Her father Paddy Keaveney was an Independent Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for Donegal North-East from 1976 to 1977. She was co-opted to Donegal County Council in 1995 following his death.
Keaveney was first elected to Dáil Éireann for Donegal North-East in a by-election on 2 April 1996 following the death of Independent Fianna Fáil TD Neil Blaney. She was re-elected at the 1997 general election and 2002 general election but lost her seat at the 2007 general election.
Keaveney was formerly chairperson of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Sports, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.
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