and local stage in long-distance running. In 1955, he married farmer's daughter Aileen Kellaghan from Ballinriddera, Multyfarnham, County Westmeath. They lived in Killintown, Multyfarnham. Both L'Estrange and his wife were keen on greyhound racing, owning and training their own dogs. L'Estrange died on Good Friday, 1996 after a long illness. The then Taoiseach, John Bruton, spoke of a man who "could speak strongly and from a deep conviction and at the same time hold no personal malice towards any of the victims of his eloquence". Maurice Manning recalled a man never "in bad humour or without that smile which usually meant that a practical joke or a good story was on the way". References 1917 births 1996 deaths Fine Gael TDs Members of the 8th Seanad Members of the 9th Seanad Members of the 10th Seanad Members of the 18th Dáil Members of the 19th Dáil Members of the 20th Dáil Members of the 21st Dáil Members of the 22nd Dáil Members of the 23rd Dáil Members of the 24th Dáil Fine Gael MEPs MEPs for the Republic of Ireland 1977–1979 MEPs for the Republic of Ireland 1973–1977 Irish farmers Ministers of State of the 22nd Dáil Fine Gael senators Government Chief Whip (Ireland) People from County Westmeath