Eddie Filgate

Eddie Filgate
Filgate in his later years
Teachta Dála
In office 1977 – Nov. 1982
Constituency	Louth
Personal details
Born	(1915-09-16)16 September 1915 County Louth, Ireland
Died	19 January 2017(2017-01-19) (aged 101) Ardee, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse(s)	Elish Filgate (?-1989)
Children	5

Edward "Eddie" Filgate (16 September 1915 – 19 January 2017) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served for 5 years as Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency. Filgate was first elected to the 21st Dáil at the 1977 general election. He was re-elected twice, at the 1981 and the February 1982 general elections. He did not contest the November 1982 general election.

Filgate and his wife Elish who died in 1989 had five children. One of 11 children, he lived in his native village of Louth, near Dundalk, next to the site of the house he grew up in. He became a centenarian in September 2015. Filgate died on 19 January 2017, aged 101.