Irish politician and barrister (1921–2007) For those of a similar name, see Michael Yates (disambiguation). Michael Yeats Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann In office 5 November 1969 – 3 January 1973 Preceded by| Liam Ó Buachalla Succeeded by| Micheál Cranitch Senator In office 27 October 1977 – 12 March 1980 Constituency| Nominated by the Taoiseach In office 5 November 1969 – 26 May 1977 Constituency| Cultural and Educational Panel In office 23 June 1965 – 24 July 1969 Constituency| Nominated by the Taoiseach In office 14 December 1961 – 28 April 1965 Constituency| Labour Panel In office 14 August 1951 – 7 July 1954 Constituency| Nominated by the Taoiseach Member of the European Parliament In office January 1973 – June 1979 Constituency| Oireachtas Delegation Personal details Born| (1921-08-22)22 August 1921 Thame, Oxfordshire, England Died| 3 January 2007(2007-01-03) (aged 85) Dublin, Ireland Political party| Fianna Fáil Spouse| Gráinne Yeats Parents| * W. B. Yeats * Georgie Hyde-Lees Education| St Columba's College, Dublin Alma mater| Trinity College Dublin Michael Butler Yeats (22 August 1921 – 3 January 2007) was an Irish barrister and Fianna Fáil politician.[1] He served two periods as a member of Seanad Éireann. His father was the poet W. B. Yeats, who likewise served in the Seanad, and his mother was Georgie Hyde-Lees. His sister Anne Yeats was a painter and designer, as was his uncle Jack Butler Yeats. Michael was educated at St Columba's College, Dublin and Trinity College Dublin, where he gained first class honours degree in History. He was an officer in the College Historical Society. He also qualified as a lawyer but did not practise.[2] He unsuccessfully stood for election to Dáil Éireann at the 1948 general election and the 1951 general election for the Dublin South-East constituency.[3] Following the 1951 election, Yeats was nominated to the 7th Seanad by the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. He stood at the subsequent election in 1954 for the 8th Seanad but was not elected. From 1961 to 1980 he was a member of Seanad Éireann. In 1961 he was elected to the 10th Seanad by the Labour Panel. In 1965 he was nominated by the Taoiseach Seán Lemass to the 11th Seanad. In 1969 he was elected to the 12th Seanad by the Cultural and Educational Panel, and re-elected to the 13th Seanad in 1973. In 1977, he was nominated by the Taoiseach Jack Lynch to the 14th Seanad. He resigned from the Seanad on 12 March 1980.[4] From 1969 to 1973, during the 12th Seanad, he served as Cathaoirleach (chair). While a senator, Yeats served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 to 1979, being appointed to Ireland's first, second and third delegations. He stood at the first direct elections in 1979 for the Dublin constituency but was not elected.[3] He was Director General of the EEC Council of Ministers in Brussels in the 1980s.[2] He was married to Gráinne Ni hEigeartaigh, a singer and Irish harpist. They had four children; three daughters and a son.[2] ## See also[edit] * Families in the Oireachtas ## References[edit] 1. ^ "Michael Yeats". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2013. 2. ^ a b c "Michael Yeats". Independent.co.uk. 10 January 2007. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2021. 3. ^ a b "Michael Yeats". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013. 4. ^ "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 93, 12 March 1980: Resignation of Member". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013. ## Sources[edit] * Cast a Cold Eye (autobiography), Dublin: Blackwater Press, ISBN 0-86121-968-6. Oireachtas Preceded by Liam Ó Buachalla | Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann 1969–1973 | Succeeded by Micheál Cranitch * v * t * e « 6th Seanad « Members of the 7th Seanad (1951-1954) » 8th Seanad » * Cathaoirleach Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) * Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF) Administrative Panel| * Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) * Michael Hearne (FF) * James J. McCrea (Lab) * James McGee (Ind) * Michael J. O'Higgins (FG) * Thomas Ruane (FF) * Patrick Teehan (FF) Agricultural Panel| * Patrick Baxter (CnaT) * Bernard Commons (CnaT) * Patrick Gorry (FF) * James Kilroy (FF) * Michael Óg McFadden (FG) * William O'Callaghan (FG) * Timothy O'Donovan (FG) * Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) * Patrick O'Reilly (FF) * William Quirke (FF) * James Tunney (Lab) Cultural and Educational Panel| * Michael Hayes (FG) * Frank Loughman (FF) * James B. Lynch (FF) * Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) * Patrick F. O'Reilly (Ind) Industrial and Commercial Panel| * Denis Burke (FG) * Andrew Clarkin (FF) * James G. Douglas (Ind) * Jane Dowdall (FF) * Seán Hartney (FF) * Peter Lynch (Ind) * Edward McGuire (Ind) * Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (Ind) * Frederick Summerfield (Ind) Labour Panel| * Pádraig Ághas (Ind) * John Butler (Lab) * Michael Colgan (Ind) * Noel Hartnett (CnaP) * Frederick Hawkins (Ind) * Seán Hayes (FF) * Vincent McHugh (FG) * William McMullen (Lab) * John Meighan (CnaT) * Daniel O'Rourke (FF) * Seán Ruane (Ind) Dublin University| * Gardner Budd (Ind) * William Fearon (Ind) * William Bedell Stanford (Ind) National University| * Henry Barniville (FG) * Helena Concannon (FF) * George O'Brien (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach| * Daniel Corkery (FF) * Robert Farnan (FF) * Seán Goulding (FF) * T. V. Honan (FF) * Joseph Johnston (Ind) * Eamon Kissane (FF) * Seán O'Donovan (FF) * Seán O'Grady (FF) * Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Ind) * Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) * Michael Yeats (FF) Elected or nominated later| * 1952 William J. E. Jessop (Ind) * 1953 John F. Cunningham (Ind) * FF: Fianna Fáil * FG: Fine Gael * CnaP: Clann na Poblachta * CnaT: Clann na Talmhan * Lab: Labour Party * Ind: Independent * v * t * e « 9th Seanad « Members of the 10th Seanad (1961-1965) » 11th Seanad » * Cathaoirleach Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) * Leader of the Seanad Thomas Mullins (FF) Administrative Panel| * Liam Ahern (FF) * Seán Brady (FF) * Cornelius Desmond (Lab) * Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (FG) * Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) * Gerry L'Estrange (FG) * Thomas Ruane (FF) Agricultural Panel| * Jack Fitzgerald (Lab) * Daniel Hogan (FF) * Robert Lahiffe (FF) * John Mannion Snr (FG) * Charles McDonald (FG) * Patrick O'Reilly (FF) * Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) * Micheál Prendergast (FG) * Patrick W. Ryan (Ind) * William Ryan (FF) * John Donnelly Sheridan (Ind) Cultural and Educational Panel| * Michael Hayes (FG) * Eamon Kissane (FF) * Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) * John J. Nash (FF) * Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Industrial and Commercial Panel| * Gerald Boland (FF) * Mary Davidson (Lab) * Thomas Flanagan (Ind) * Patrick Lindsay (FG) * Bernard McGlinchey (FF) * Edward McGuire (Ind) * Daniel Moloney (FF) * Joseph Quigley (FG) * Eoin Ryan Snr (FF) Labour Panel| * Seán Brosnahan (Ind) * Seán Browne (FF) * John Butler (Lab) * Victor Carton (FG) * Patrick Crowley (Lab) * James Dooge (FG) * Joseph Farrell (FF) * Seán Hayes (FF) * Mark Killilea Snr (FF) * Dominick Murphy (Lab) * Michael Yeats (FF) Dublin University| * William J. E. Jessop (Ind) * John N. Ross (Ind) * William Bedell Stanford (Ind) National University| * Dónall Ó Conalláin (Ind) * George O'Brien (Ind) * Patrick Quinlan (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach| * John J. Brennan (FF) * John Copeland Cole (Ind) * Gus Healy (FF) * Joe Mooney (FF) * Thomas Mullins (FF) * Tom Nolan (FF) * Nora Connolly O'Brien (FF) * Seán O'Donovan (FF) * Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Ind) * Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) * William Sheldon (Ind) Elected or nominated later| * 1963 John Costelloe (FF) * Batt Donegan (FF) * 1964 Kit Ahern (FF) * FF: Fianna Fáil * FG: Fine Gael * Lab: Labour Party * Ind: Independent * v * t * e « 10th Seanad « Members of the 11th Seanad (1965-1969) » 12th Seanad » * Cathaoirleach Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) * Leader of the Seanad Thomas Mullins (FF) Administrative Panel| * Liam Ahern (FF) * Kieran Egan (FF) * Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) * Jack McQuillan (Lab, then Ind) * Patrick O'Reilly (FG) * Éamon Rooney (FG) * Patrick Teehan (FF) Agricultural Panel| * Jack Fitzgerald (Lab) * Patrick Malone (FG) * John Mannion Snr (FG) * James Martin (FF) * Charles McDonald (FG) * Patrick McGowan (FF) * Patrick O'Reilly (FF) * Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) * Micheál Prendergast (FG) * Patrick W. Ryan (Ind) * William Ryan (FF) Cultural and Educational Panel| * Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) * John J. Nash (FF) * Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) * Michael O'Kennedy (FF) * Ben O'Quigley (FG) Industrial and Commercial Panel| * John J. Brennan (FF) * John Conlan (FG) * Mary Davidson (Lab) * Garret FitzGerald (FG) * Thomas Flanagan (Ind) * Dermot Honan (FF) * Bernard McGlinchey (FF) * Denis J. O'Sullivan (FG) * Eoin Ryan Snr (FF) Labour Panel| * Seán Brosnahan (Ind) * Seán Browne (FF) * Victor Carton (FG) * Patrick Crowley (Lab) * Séamus Dolan (FF) * James Dooge (FG) * Joseph Farrell (FF) * Mark Killilea Snr (FF) * Vincent McHugh (FG) * Dominick Murphy (Lab) * John Ormonde (FF) Dublin University| * William J. E. Jessop (Ind) * Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind) * William Bedell Stanford (Ind) National University| * Bryan Alton (Ind) * Dónall Ó Conalláin (Ind) * Patrick Quinlan (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach| * Kit Ahern (FF) * Gerald Boland (FF) * John Copeland Cole (Ind) * Joseph Lenehan (FF) * Thomas Mullins (FF) * Nora Connolly O'Brien (FF) * Seán O'Donovan (FF) * Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) * James Ryan (FF) * William Sheldon (Ind) * Michael Yeats (FF) Elected or nominated later| * 1968 Farrell McElgunn (FF) * FF: Fianna Fáil * FG: Fine Gael * Lab: Labour Party * Ind: Independent * v * t * e « 11th Seanad « Members of the 12th Seanad (1969-1973) » 13th Seanad » * Cathaoirleach Michael Yeats (FF) * Leader of the Seanad Thomas Mullins (FF) Administrative Panel| * Liam Ahern (FF) * Richard Belton (FG) * Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) * Jack Garrett (FF) * Patrick Malone (FG) * Patrick Norton (FF) * Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) Agricultural Panel| * Pierce Butler (FG) * John Doyle (FF) * Jack Fitzgerald (Lab) * John Mannion Jnr (FG) * James Martin (FF) * Charles McDonald (FG) * Patrick McGowan (FF) * Andy O'Brien (FG) * Micheál Prendergast (FG) * Patrick W. Ryan (Ind) * William Ryan (FF) Cultural and Educational Panel| * Kit Ahern (FF) * John Kelly (FG) * John J. Nash (FF) * Michael J. O'Higgins (FG) * Michael Yeats (FF) Industrial and Commercial Panel| * Ruairí Brugha (FF) * Eileen Desmond (Lab) * James Dooge (FG) * Denis Farrelly (FG) * Alexis FitzGerald Snr (FG) * Dermot Honan (FF) * Bernard McGlinchey (FF) * Ted Russell (Ind) * Eoin Ryan Snr (FF) Labour Panel| * John Boland (FG) * Seán Brosnahan (Ind) * Jimmy Dunne (Lab) * Joseph Farrell (FF) * Des Hanafin (FF) * Fintan Kennedy (Lab) * Mark Killilea Jnr (FF) * Michael Lyons (FG) * William O'Brien (FG) * Evelyn Owens (Lab) * Seán Walsh (FF) Dublin University| * William J. E. Jessop (Ind) * Mary Robinson (Ind) * Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind) National University| * Bryan Alton (Ind) * John Horgan (Lab) * Patrick Quinlan (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach| * John J. Brennan (FF) * Micheál Cranitch (FF) * Brendan Crinion (FF) * Peggy Farrell (FF) * Thomas Flanagan (Ind) * Michael Gallanagh (FF) * Neville Keery (FF) * Farrell McElgunn (FF) * Thomas Mullins (FF) * Terence O'Sullivan (FF) * William Sheldon (Ind) Elected or nominated later| * 1970 Cornelius O'Callaghan (FF) * Seán Keegan (FF) * Trevor West (Ind) * FF: Fianna Fáil * FG: Fine Gael * Lab: Labour Party * Ind: Independent * v * t * e « 12th Seanad « Members of the 13th Seanad (1973-1977) » 14th Seanad » * Cathaoirleach James Dooge (FG) * Leader of the Seanad Michael J. O'Higgins (FG) Administrative Panel| * Seán Brosnan (FF) * Philip Burton (FG) * Jack Garrett (FF) * Seán Keegan (FF) * Thomas Kilbride (FG) * Bernard McGlinchey (FF) * Andy O'Brien (FG) Agricultural Panel| * Bob Aylward (FF) * Jack Barrett (FG) * Pierce Butler (FG) * Bernard Cowen (FF) * Jack Fitzgerald (Lab) * John Mannion Jnr (FG) * Joe McCartin (FG) * Patrick McGowan (FF) * Cornelius O'Callaghan (FF) * William Ryan (FF) * Liam Whyte (FG) Cultural and Educational Panel| * Kit Ahern (FF) * Billy Fox (FG) * Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) * Mary Walsh (FG) * Michael Yeats (FF) Industrial and Commercial Panel| * John J. Brennan (FF) * Fad Browne (FF) * James Dooge (FG) * Denis Farrelly (FG) * Alexis FitzGerald Snr (FG) * Brian Lenihan (FF) * Michael Moynihan (Lab) * Ted Russell (Ind) * Eoin Ryan Snr (FF) Labour Panel| * John Boland (FG) * Seán Brosnahan (Ind) * Séamus Dolan (FF) * Des Hanafin (FF) * Jack Harte (Lab) * Fintan Kennedy (Lab) * Mark Killilea Jnr (FF) * Michael Lyons (FG) * Bernard Markey (FG) * William O'Brien (FG) * Evelyn Owens (Lab) Dublin University| * Noël Browne (SLP) * Mary Robinson (Ind) * Trevor West (Ind) National University| * John Horgan (Lab) * Augustine Martin (Ind) * Patrick Quinlan (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach| * John Blennerhassett (FG) * Austin Deasy (FG) * Benjamin Guinness (FG) * Brendan Halligan (Lab) * Michael D. Higgins (Lab) * Patrick Kerrigan (Lab) * Patrick W. McGrath (FG) * Michael Mullen (Lab) * Michael J. O'Higgins (FG) * Paddy O'Toole (FG) * James Sanfey (FG) Elected or nominated later| * 1975 Pat Codd (FG) * Roddy Connolly (Lab) * Jack Daly (FG) * Michael Ferris (Lab) * Micheál Prendergast (FG) * 1976 Vincent McHugh (FG) * Ruairi Quinn (Lab) * 1977 Liam Burke (FG) * Martin Finn (FG) * Frank King (Lab) * FF: Fianna Fáil * FG: Fine Gael * Lab: Labour Party * SLP: Socialist Labour Party * Ind: Independent * v * t * e « 13th Seanad « Members of the 14th Seanad (1977-1981) » 15th Seanad » * Cathaoirleach Séamus Dolan (FF) * Leader of the Seanad Eoin Ryan Snr (FF) Administrative Panel| * Liam Burke (FG) * Micheál Cranitch (FF) * Jack Garrett (FF) * Tras Honan (FF) * Thomas Kilbride (FG) * Michael P. Kitt (FF) * Myles Staunton (FG) Agricultural Panel| * Pierce Butler (FG) * Paul Connaughton Snr (FG) * John Ellis (FF) * Justin Keating (Lab) * Rory Kiely (FF) * Gerard Lynch (FG) * Joe McCartin (FG) * Charles McDonald (FG) * Patrick McGowan (FF) * Martin O'Toole (FF) * William Ryan (FF) Cultural and Educational Panel| * Richard Conroy (FF) * Patrick Cooney (FG) * Flor Crowley (FF) * Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) * David Molony (FG) Industrial and Commercial Panel| * Ruairí Brugha (FF) * Alexis FitzGerald Snr (FG) * Desmond Governey (FG) * Michael Howard (FG) * Liam Hyland (FF) * Mick Lanigan (FF) * Michael Moynihan (Lab) * Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) * Eoin Ryan Snr (FF) Labour Panel| * John Blennerhassett (FG) * Séamus Dolan (FF) * Joseph Dowling (FF) * Des Hanafin (FF) * Jack Harte (Lab) * Tony Herbert (FF) * Brian Hillery (FF) * Fintan Kennedy (Lab) * Michael Lyons (FG) * Bernard Markey (FG) * Andy O'Brien (FG) Dublin University| * Conor Cruise O'Brien (Ind) * Mary Robinson (Lab) * Trevor West (Ind) National University| * Gemma Hussey (Ind) * Augustine Martin (Ind) * John A. Murphy (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach| * Séamus Brennan (FF) * Séamus de Brún (FF) * Eileen Cassidy (FF) * Valerie Goulding (FF) * Mary Harney (FF) * Valentine Jago (FF) * Gordon Lambert (Ind) * Bernard McGlinchey (FF) * Noel Mulcahy (FF) * T. K. Whitaker (Ind) * Michael Yeats (FF) Elected or nominated later| * 1977 Michael Donnelly (FF) * 1979 Catherine McGuinness (Ind) * 1980 Jim Doolan (FF) * Jim Ruttle (FF) * 1981 P. J. Mara (FF) * Joseph O'Neill (FF) * FF: Fianna Fáil * FG: Fine Gael * Lab: Labour Party * Ind: Independent * v * t * e Chairpersons of Seanad Éireann * Lord Glenavy * Thomas Westropp Bennett * Seán Gibbons * Seán Goulding * Timothy O'Donovan * Liam Ó Buachalla * Patrick Baxter * Michael Yeats * Micheál Cranitch * James Dooge * Séamus Dolan * Charles McDonald * Tras Honan * Patrick J. Reynolds * Seán Doherty * Seán Fallon * Liam Naughten * Brian Mullooly * Liam T. Cosgrave * Rory Kiely * Pat Moylan * Paddy Burke * Denis O'Donovan * Mark Daly * v * t * e » 19NN–19NN » MEPs for Ireland (1973) » 1973–77 » * Conor Cruise O'Brien (LAB) * Anthony Esmonde (FG) * Michael Herbert (FF) * Michael Hilliard (FF) * Justin Keating (LAB) * Charles McDonald (FG) * Farrell McElgunn (FF) * Tom Nolan (FF) * Richie Ryan (FG) * Michael Yeats (FF) * v * t * e « 1973 « MEPs for Ireland (1973-1977) » 1977–1979 » * Donal Creed (FG) * Thomas Dunne (FG) * Jim Gibbons (FF) * Michael Herbert (FF) * Liam Kavanagh (LAB) * Brian Lenihan (FF) * Gerry L'Estrange (FG) * Charles McDonald (FG) * Tom Nolan (FF) * Michael Yeats (FF) * v * t * e « 1973–1977 « MEPs for Ireland (1977-1979) » 1979–1984 » * Seán Brosnan (FF) * Ruairí Brugha (FF) * Michael Herbert (FF) * Liam Kavanagh (LAB) * Gerry L'Estrange (FG) * Charles McDonald (FG) * Tom Nolan (FF) * Paddy Power (FF) * Richie Ryan (FG) * Michael Yeats (FF) * v * t * e W. B. Yeats Poetry| | Volumes| * The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems (1889) * The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics (1892) * In the Seven Woods (1903) * Responsibilities and Other Poems (1916) * The Wild Swans at Coole (1919) * Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921) * The Tower (1928) * The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933) | Poems| * "The Song of Wandering Aengus" * "Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" * "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" * "Adam's Curse" * "Blood and the Moon" * "The Circus Animals' Desertion" * "Down by the Salley Gardens" * "A Drunken Man's Praise of Sobriety" * "Easter, 1916" * "Ego Dominus Tuus" * "In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz" * "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" * "Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen" * "On being asked for a War Poem" * "Politics" * "A Prayer for My Daughter" * "Remorse for Intemperate Speech" * "The Rose of Battle" * "The Rose-Tree" * "Sailing to Byzantium" * "September 1913" * "Song of the Old Mother" * "The Fiddler of Dooney" * "The Gift of Harun Al-Raschid" * "The Scholars" * "The Second Coming" * "The Song of the Happy Shepherd" * "The Stolen Child" * "Swift's Epitaph" * "To the Rose upon the Rood of Time" * "The Tower" * "Under Ben Bulben * "The Wanderings of Oisin" * "The Wild Swans at Coole" Plays| * Mosada (1886) * The Land of Heart's Desire (1894) * Diarmuid and Grania (1901) * Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902) * On Baile's Strand (1903) * The Countess Cathleen (1911) * At the Hawk's Well (1916) * The Resurrection (1927) * Purgatory (1938) Other works| * The Works of William Blake: Poetic, Symbolic and Critical (1893; co-author) * A Vision (1925) * "The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows" * Oxford Book of Modern Verse 1892–1935 (editor) People| * Georgie Hyde-Lees (wife) * Anne Yeats (daughter) * Michael Yeats (son) * John Butler Yeats (father) * Susan Pollexfen (mother) * Jack Butler Yeats (brother) * Elizabeth Yeats (sister) * Lily Yeats (sister) * Maud Gonne (lover) Related| * W. B. Yeats bibliography * Rhymers' Club * Dun Emer Press * Cuala Press * An Appointment with Mr Yeats * "Troy" * Thoor Ballylee * Samhain magazine Authority control General| * ISNI * 1 * VIAF * 1 * WorldCat National libraries| * Germany * Israel * United States Other| * Faceted Application of Subject Terminology * Social Networks and Archival Context *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template