Desmond Governey

Desmond Governey
Teachta Dála
In office June 1981 – November 1982
In office October 1961 – June 1977
Constituency	Carlow–Kilkenny
Senator
In office 27 October 1977 – 11 June 1981
Constituency	Industrial and Commercial Panel
Personal details
Born	(1920-09-11)11 September 1920 Waterford, Ireland
Died	29 December 1984(1984-12-29) (aged 64) Waterford, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Education	Castleknock College

Desmond Governey (11 September 1920 – 29 December 1984) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 1961 to 1977 and 1981 to 1982. He served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 1977 to 1981.

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael TD for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency at the 1961 general election. He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until his defeat at the 1977 general election. Following the loss of his Dáil seat, Governey was elected to the 14th Seanad as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel, where he served from 1977 to 1981. He regained his Dáil seat at the 1981 general election, and was re-elected at the February 1982 general election, before retiring from politics at the November 1982 general election.

He was educated at Castleknock College and was in government under his former school mate Liam Cosgrave.