Johnny Brady (Meath, Fianna Fail)

This was my electoral area of Kells which runs from the far side of Oldcastle, past Mountnugent and up to Kingscourt on one side and back up to Ardee on the other side. As a Deputy, I was assigned that part of the Slane area with which Deputy O'Dowd would be very familiar. These areas have little in common with Ashbourne, Ratoath, Dunboyne or Dunshaughlin and it is unfortunate that the Kells area has been split up.

I remember that when I was first elected to Meath County Council in 1974, part of the Kells area was included in the constituency of Cavan and helped to elect one great man, the famous Tánaiste.

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