# Patrick Crotty

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{{Short description|Irish politician (1902–1970)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image         = Patrick Crotty, 1954.jpg
| caption       = Crotty in 1954
| office        = [Parliamentary Secretary](/source/Minister_of_State_(Ireland))
| suboffice     = [Industry and Commerce](/source/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Enterprise%2C_Tourism_and_Employment)
| subterm       = 1954–1957
| office1       = [Teachta Dála](/source/Teachta_D%C3%A1la)
| term_start1   = [February 1948](/source/1948_Irish_general_election)
| term_end1     = [June 1969](/source/1969_Irish_general_election)
| constituency1 = [Carlow–Kilkenny](/source/Carlow%E2%80%93Kilkenny)
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1902|11|23|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [Waterford](/source/Waterford), Ireland
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1970|11|26|1902|11|23|df=y}}
| death_place   = [Piltown](/source/Piltown), [County Kilkenny](/source/County_Kilkenny), Ireland
| party         = [Fine Gael](/source/Fine_Gael)
| spouse        = {{marriage|Mary Crotty|1922}}
| children      = 10, including [Kieran](/source/Kieran_Crotty) and [Mick](/source/Mick_Crotty)
| alma_mater    = [University College Cork](/source/University_College_Cork)
|}}
'''Patrick Joseph Crotty''' (23 November 1902 – 26 November 1970) was an Irish [Fine Gael](/source/Fine_Gael) politician who served as a [Teachta Dála](/source/Teachta_D%C3%A1la) (TD) for the [Carlow–Kilkenny](/source/Carlow%E2%80%93Kilkenny) constituency from 1948 to 1969.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Patrick-J-Crotty.D.1948-02-18/|title=Patrick Crotty|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=14 August 2012}}</ref>

He was elected to [Dáil Éireann](/source/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann) at the [1948 general election](/source/1948_Irish_general_election), and re-elected five times, at the [1951](/source/1951_Irish_general_election), [1954](/source/1954_Irish_general_election), [1957](/source/1957_Irish_general_election), [1961](/source/1961_Irish_general_election) and [1965](/source/1965_Irish_general_election) general elections.<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2192|title=Patrick Crotty|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=14 August 2012}}</ref> He served as [Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce](/source/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Enterprise%2C_Tourism_and_Employment) from 1954 to 1957.

Crotty did not contest the [1969 general election](/source/1969_Irish_general_election), but his son [Kieran Crotty](/source/Kieran_Crotty) was elected for the same constituency at that election.

==See also==
*[Families in the Oireachtas](/source/Families_in_the_Oireachtas)

==References==
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{{s-ttl|title = [Parliamentary Secretary to the<br/>Minister for Industry and Commerce](/source/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Enterprise%2C_Tourism_and_Employment)
       |years = 1954–1957}}
{{s-aft|after = [Gerald Bartley](/source/Gerald_Bartley)}}
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Category:1902 births
Category:1970 deaths
Category:Members of the 13th Dáil
Category:Members of the 14th Dáil
Category:Members of the 15th Dáil
Category:Members of the 16th Dáil
Category:Members of the 17th Dáil
Category:Members of the 18th Dáil
Category:Politicians from County Kilkenny
Category:Parliamentary secretaries of the 15th Dáil
Category:Politicians from County Waterford
Category:People from Piltown

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