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FORMER WOMEN MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN
Table
1 lists all former women TDs who were elected between 1918, when the Sinn
Féin MPs elected in the UK general election proclaimed themselves the
first Dáil, and
1969. Table 2 lists former members first elected between
1970 and 1997, while Table 3 gives a gender breakdown
of TDs returned at each general election. Current TDs
are listed on this page, while a printable version of this page is available
here.
Table 1: Former women TDs first elected 1918 to 1969
|
Name
|
Party
|
Constituency
|
Dates
|
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Constance
Markievicz
|
Sinn
Féin
(Fianna
Fáil 1926-)
|
Dublin
St Patrick's, Dublin South (1921-)
|
1918-22
1923-27
|
|
Kathleen
Clarke
|
Sinn
Féin
(Fianna Fáil 1926-)
|
Mid
Dublin
|
1921-22, 1927
|
|
Ada
English
|
Sinn
Féin
|
National
University of Ireland
|
1921-22
|
|
Mary
MacSwiney
|
Sinn
Féin
|
Cork
City
|
1921-27
|
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Kathleen
O'Callaghan
|
Sinn
Féin
|
Limerick
City, Limerick East, (1923)
|
1921-23
|
|
Margaret
Pearse
|
Sinn
Féin
|
Dublin
County
|
1921-22
|
|
Caitlín
Brugha
|
Sinn
Féin
|
Waterford
County
|
1923-27
|
|
Margaret
Collins-O'Driscoll
|
Cumann
na nGaedheal
|
Dublin
North
|
1923-33
|
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Kathleen
Lynn
|
Sinn
Féin
|
Dublin
County
|
1923-27
|
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Mary
Reynolds
|
Cumann
na nGaedheal, Fine Gael (1933-)
|
Sligo-Leitrim
|
1932-33
1937-61
|
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Helena
Concannon
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
National
University of Ireland
|
1933-37
|
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Margaret
Mary Pearse
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Dublin
County
|
1933-37
|
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Bridget
Redmond
|
Cumann
na nGaedheal, Fine Gael (1933-)
|
Waterford
|
1933-52
|
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Bridget
Rice
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Monaghan
|
1938-54
|
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Mary
Ryan
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Tipperary,
Tipperary North (1948-)
|
1944-61
|
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Honor
Crowley
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Kerry
South
|
1945-66
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Celia
Lynch
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Dublin
South Central, Dublin North Central (1961-)
|
1954-77
|
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Maureen
O'Carroll
|
Labour
|
Dublin
North Central
|
1954-57
|
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Brigid
Hogan-O'Higgins
(Hogan
to 1958)
|
Fine
Gael
|
Galway
South, Galway East (1961-69), Clare/South Galway
|
1957-77
|
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Sheila
Galvin
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Cork
City
|
1964-65
|
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Joan
Burke
|
Fine
Gael
|
Roscommon,
Roscommon/Leitrim (1969-)
|
1964-81
|
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Eileen
Desmond
|
Labour
|
Mid
Cork, Cork South Central (1973-)
|
1965-69
1973-87
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Table
2: Former women TDs first elected 1970 to 1997
Table
3: Dáil Éireann general election results by gender, 1918 to 2002
|
Election
|
Women
|
Men
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%
Women
|
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1918
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1
|
..68
|
1
|
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1921
|
6
|
122
|
5
|
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1922
|
2
|
126
|
2
|
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1923
|
5
|
148
|
3
|
|
June 1927
|
4
|
149
|
3
|
|
Sept. 1927
|
1
|
152
|
1
|
|
1932
|
2
|
151
|
1
|
|
1933
|
3
|
150
|
2
|
|
1937
|
2
|
136
|
1
|
|
1938
|
3
|
135
|
2
|
|
1943
|
3
|
135
|
2
|
|
1944
|
4
|
134
|
3
|
|
1948
|
5
|
142
|
3
|
|
1951
|
5
|
142
|
3
|
|
1954
|
5
|
142
|
3
|
|
1957
|
5
|
142
|
3
|
|
1961
|
3
|
141
|
2
|
|
1965
|
5
|
139
|
4
|
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1969
|
3
|
141
|
2
|
|
1973
|
4
|
140
|
3
|
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1977
|
6
|
142
|
4
|
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1981
|
11.
|
155
|
7
|
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Feb. 1982
|
8
|
158
|
5
|
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Nov. 1982
|
14.
|
152
|
8
|
|
1987
|
14.
|
152
|
8
|
|
1989
|
13.
|
153
|
8
|
|
1992
|
20.
|
146
|
12.
|
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1997
|
20.
|
146
|
12.
|
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2002
|
22.
|
143
|
13.
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*
As at 21 May. There are two recounts pending which may affect the final
number of women TDs.
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