# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-paddy-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:47:12.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-paddy-smith"
name: "Patrick \"Paddy\" Smith"
slug: "patrick-paddy-smith"
description: "Patrick Smith was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1923 until 1977, a tenure of 53 years, and the longest in the state. He held a number of ministerial positions within the governments of Éamon de Valera and Seán Lemass."
tagline: "Irish politician (1901-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paddy_Smith%2C_1927.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1901-07-17"
deathDate: "1982-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.69
  momentum:             0.1845018450184502
  historical:           5.476602666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Smith_(politician)"
    title: "Patrick Smith (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "باتريك سميث (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Smith"
    title: "Patrick Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patrick_Smith_(politician)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Smith_(homme_politique)"
    title: "Patrick Smith (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_%22Paddy%22_Smith"
    title: "Patrick \"Paddy\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1353589"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump