Jimmy Deenihan was a TD for Kerry north west from 1987 to 2016. He was Minister for Arts, Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht from 2011 to 2014 and served as Minister for the Diaspora from 2014 to 2016. He played football for Kerry in the 1970s and 1980s, winning five All-Ireland medals for the county. He published My Sporting Life in 2011.