Peter Kavanagh (Irish politician)

Peter Kavanagh (Irish: Peadar Ó Caomhánaigh) is an Irish broadcaster, language activist and politician. Kavanagh is a broadcaster for Raidió na Life[1] and a co-founder of Pop-Up Gaeltacht,[2] a project that encourages Irish speakers to socialise in public, normalising Irish language-use in non-traditional settings.[3] He tweets in both Irish and English.

Cllr

Peter Kavanagh
South Dublin County Council
Assumed office
24 May 2019
ConstituencyClondalkin
Personal details
Born
Peter Kavanagh
NationalityIrish
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Green Party (until 2021)
Alma materNUI Galway

Political career

Formerly the Green Party spokesperson for the Irish language, Kavanagh was elected to South Dublin County Council in the 2019 local election representing his native Clondalkin.[4]

Shortly afterwards, Kavanagh contested the Dáil Éireann by-election in Dublin Mid-West,[5] where he took 6.4% of the first preference votes but was not elected.

Kavanagh was the Green Party candidate for Dublin Mid-West at the 2020 Irish general election, but was not elected.

Kavanagh quit the Green Party in January 2021, citing the party's "culture of tolerating personal abuse".[6]

References
  1. "Peadar Ó Caomhánaigh". Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Column: 'We speak Irish, but we're pretty normal. We're not Nazis. We're not leprechauns.'". TheJournal.ie. 5 March 2017.
  3. "Pop Up Gaeltacht dare you to say the Irish language is dead" - District Magazine, February 2017
  4. "South Dublin County Council - The Results". Irish Examiner. 15 May 2019.
  5. "Karin Dubsky among Green Party candidates for by-elections". The Irish Times. 22 October 2019.
  6. Hosford, Paul. "Green councillor quits party citing culture of tolerating personal abuse". Irish Examiner.
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