O'Leary was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the December 1966 by-election to succeed Honor Crowley . Honor Crowley had previously succeeded her husband , Frederick Crowley in 1945 . He was re-elected at the 1969 general election and was subsequently appointed to the Dáil Select Committee on Procedures and Privileges from 1969 – 1973 . He also represented the government at the 1st World Conference on the Environment in Stockholm in 1972 . He was one of five TDs to attend the funerals of the victims of Bloody Sunday in Derry in 1972
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1972)
John O'Leary (Kerry politician)