Jimmy Deenihan
| Jimmy Deenihan | |
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| Minister of State for the Diaspora | |
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In office 15 July 2014 – 16 May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Joe McHugh |
| Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | |
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In office 9 March 2011 – 11 July 2014 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Mary Hanafin |
| Succeeded by | Heather Humphreys |
| Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry | |
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Assumed office 20 December 1994 |
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| Taoiseach | John Bruton |
| Succeeded by | Ned O'Keeffe |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office February 2011 – February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Kerry North–West Limerick |
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In office February 1987 – February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Kerry North |
| Senator | |
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In office February 1983 – February 1987 |
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| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
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11 September 1952 Lixnaw, Kerry, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Dowling |
| Website | jimmydeenihan |
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right corner-back | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1963–1990 | Finuge | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1973–1982 | Kerry | 29 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 7 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
James "Jimmy" Deenihan (born 11 September 1952) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1987 until 2016, latterly for the Kerry North–West Limerick constituency. He was the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht from 2011 to 2014, and Minister of State for the Diaspora from 2014 to 2016.
Deenihan played Gaelic football with Kerry in the 1970s and 1980s. He also played rugby with Garryowen.
Deenihan was born in Finuge, Lixnaw, County Kerry in 1952. He was educated at St. Michael's College, Listowel and later at the Thomond College of Education in Limerick. He also spent time in college in England. He is married to Mary, daughter of former Kerry footballer John Dowling, who is a teacher of history and economics in Mercy Secondary School, Mounthawk.
Deenihan had much success at club and divisional level with his local teams. At under-age level he won an under-14 North Kerry Championship with Finuge in 1963. Five years later in 1968 he won an under-16 North Kerry Championship with the Listowel Emmet's club. He also played with the St Senans club at minor level. With Finuge Deenihan also won a North Kerry Senior League title in 1970, as well as a North Kerry Senior Championship title in 1987. With his local divisional team, Feale Rangers, he won two senior county championship medals in 1978 and 1980. While in college at St Mary's University, Twickenham in London he played with the Kingdom club and won a London Senior Football Championship.
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