Patrick McKee
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Cllr Patrick McKee |
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| Kilkenny County Councillor | |
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Assumed office 23 May 2014 |
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| Constituency | Kilkenny City West |
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| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Independent (since December 2016) |
| Other political affiliations |
Fianna Fáil (until 2015) Renua Ireland (March 2015 - December 2016) |
| Alma mater | [University College Cork]] |
| Website | www |
Patrick McKee (born 15 June 1988) is an Irish politician. He is a former member of Fianna Fáil and was a candidate for Renua Ireland in the 2015 Carlow-Kilkenny Dáil by-election.
McKee was born in June 1988. He attended secondary school at St Kieran's College until 2006, going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Law and Business from Waterford Institute of Technology in 2010. In 2011 he received a Bachelor of Laws degree from University College Cork. Since 2012 McKee has worked as a trainee solicitor at W.A. Smithwick & Son, Solicitors in Kilkenny. McKee publicly came out as a gay man in 2011 during an interview on local radio.
McKee's late grandfather Paddy Dollard was a respected Sinn Féin activist in Kilkenny. Dollard was a teacher in St Kierans College, Kilkenny City and spent time in Portlaoise Prison for IRA activity during the 1960s.
McKee's great granduncle Michael Moore was a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) of the British Army during World War One and was captured by German forces and sent to Limburg Prisoner of War Camp. Famously Sir Roger Casement visited the camp in an attempt to convince captured Irish soldiers to join his Irish Brigade and fight against the British once the war was over. Michael Moore would later give evidence against Sir Roger Casement during the infamous trial which led to Casements hanging for treason.
McKee joined Ógra Fianna Fáil in 2006 and established the Thomas Francis Meagher Cumann during his time in WIT. During his time in Waterford he worked closely with former Minister for Transport Martin Cullen TD.
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