Edward Filgate (16 September 1915 – 19 January 2017) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served for five years as Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency.
One of 11 children, he lived in the township of Priorstate, in his native village of Louth, near Dundalk, next to the site of the house he grew up in.
He was the final member of the family to permanently live in the village.
He became a centenarian in September 2015[3] and died on 19 January 2017, aged 101.
[4] He is buried in the graveyard of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Louth.