Matthew Keating (politician)
Matthew Keating(23 May 1869 – 25 May 1937) was an Irish politician. He was born atMountain Ash, South Wales,the second son of Cornelius Keating, a native ofCahirciveen,County Kerry. He was educated at the local Catholic Elementary School and became a miner atNixon's Navigation Colliery.He later entered into business atCardiff,and atNewport.He relocated to London in 1898.
Keating was elected unopposed as Irish NationalistMember of ParliamentforSouth Kilkennyin a1909 by-election,after the previous holder,Nicholas Joseph Murphy,was declared bankrupt. Keating held the seat until the1918 general election,when he was defeated by theSinn Féincandidate and former MP for South Kilkenny,James O'Maraby 8,685 votes to 1,855.
After his time in Parliament, Keating took a keen interest in literary affairs. He eventually was made Fellow of theRoyal Statistical Society.He served also as a director ofIrish Shell Ltd.[1]
In 1913 Keating married Hannah Sweeney, ofGore, New Zealand,whose family were from County Donegal. He died at his home at Cricklewood, London.
References[edit]
- ^Patrick Maume,The Long Gestation: Irish Nationalist Life, 1891-1918(Dublin, 1999), p. 232
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Irish Independent,26 May 1937
- Irish Press,26 May 1937
- Brian M. Walker (ed.),Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922,Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 1978
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