Records of Des Geraghty on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Des Geraghty in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Des Geraghty and the Geraghty Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Geraghty Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Geraghty family tree.

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Geraghty Family History Databases

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Some Famous People called Des Geraghty

Des Geraghty

Desmond Geraghty (born 27 October 1943) is a former Irish politician and trade union leader. He was president of SIPTU from 1999 to 2004. He stood unsuccessfully at the 1984 European Parliament election for the Dublin constituency as a Workers' Party candidate. He briefly served as General Secretary of the Workers' Party from 1991–1992, succeeding Seán Garland and played a prominent role in events leading up to the split in that party. In 1992 Geraghty joined the newly founded Democratic Left party.

He was appointed to the European Parliament in 1992 for the Dublin constituency following the resignation of Proinsias De Rossa. He was a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy in the European Parliament. He did not contest the 1994 European Parliament election. He stood unsuccessfully as a Labour Party candidate in the 2002 Seanad election for the Labour Panel.

Geraghty was a member of the board of the Central Bank of Ireland from 2009 to 2019. He is a former member of the RTÉ Board. He has published several books including one about folk singer Luke Kelly. He is also a member of the board of Poetry Ireland.

Source: Des Geraghty, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Geraghty

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