births
July 17, 1901
Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (died 1982)
Patrick Smith (politician)
Patrick Smith was an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician, who served as a teachta dála from 1923 until 1977, a tenure of 53 years, and the longest in the state. He held a number of ministerial positions within the governments of Éamon de Valera and Seán Lemass.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.