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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 since
1970 (accurate as at March 2011), while Table 3
gives a gender breakdown of TDs returned at each general election. Current
TDs are listed on this page.
Table 1: Former women TDs first elected 1918 to 1969
|
Name
|
Party
|
Constituency
|
Dates
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
Kathleen
Lynn
|
Sinn
Féin
|
Dublin
County
|
1923-27
|
|
Mary
Reynolds
|
Cumann
na nGaedheal, Fine Gael (1933-)
|
Sligo-Leitrim
|
1932-33
1937-61
|
|
Helena
Concannon
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
National
University of Ireland
|
1933-37
|
|
Margaret
Mary Pearse
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Dublin
County
|
1933-37
|
|
Bridget
Redmond
|
Cumann
na nGaedheal, Fine Gael (1933-)
|
Waterford
|
1933-52
|
|
Bridget
Rice
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Monaghan
|
1938-54
|
|
Mary
Ryan
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Tipperary,
Tipperary North (1948-)
|
1944-61
|
|
Honor
Crowley
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Kerry
South
|
1945-66
|
|
Celia
Lynch
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Dublin
South Central, Dublin North Central (1961-)
|
1954-77
|
|
Maureen
O'Carroll
|
Labour
|
Dublin
North Central
|
1954-57
|
|
Brigid
Hogan-O'Higgins
(Hogan
to 1958)
|
Fine
Gael
|
Galway
South, Galway East (1961-69), Clare/South Galway
|
1957-77
|
|
Sheila
Galvin
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Cork
City
|
1964-65
|
|
Joan
Burke
|
Fine
Gael
|
Roscommon,
Roscommon/Leitrim (1969-)
|
1964-81
|
|
Eileen
Desmond
|
Labour
|
Mid
Cork, Cork South Central (1973-)
|
1965-69
1973-87
|
Table
2: Former women TDs first elected 1970 to date
|
Name
|
Party
|
Constituency
|
Dates
|
|
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Galway
West
|
1975-97
|
|
Catherine
(Kit) Ahern
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Kerry
North
|
1977-81
|
|
Eileen
Lemass
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Dublin
Ballyfermot, Dublin West (1981-)
|
1977-82, 1982-87
|
|
Myra
Barry
|
Fine
Gael
|
Cork
North East, Cork East (1981-)
|
1979-87
|
|
Carrie
Acheson
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Tipperary
South
|
1981-Feb. 82
|
|
Nuala
Fennell
|
Fine
Gael
|
Dublin
South
|
1981-87, 1989-92
|
|
Mary
Flaherty
|
Fine
Gael
|
Dublin
North West
|
1981-97
|
|
Alice
Glenn
|
Fine
Gael
|
Dublin
Central
|
1981-82, 1982-87
|
|
Madeleine
Taylor-Quinn
(Taylor to 1982)
|
Fine
Gael
|
Clare
|
1981-82, 1982-92
|
|
Nora
Owen
|
Fine
Gael
|
Dublin
North
|
1981-87, 1989-2002
|
|
Gemma
Hussey
|
Fine
Gael
|
Wicklow
|
Feb. 1982-89
|
| Monica
Barnes |
Fine
Gael |
Dun
Laoghaire |
Nov. 1982-92, 1997-2002
|
|
Avril
Doyle
|
Fine
Gael
|
Wexford
|
Nov. 1982-87, 1992-97
|
|
Anne
Colley
|
Progressive
Democrat
|
Dublin
South
|
1987-89
|
|
Geraldine
Kennedy
|
Progressive
Democrat
|
Dun
Laoghaire
|
1987-89
|
|
Mary
Mooney
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Dublin
South Central
|
1987-89
|
|
Máirín
Quill
|
Progressive
Democrat
|
Cork
North Central
|
1987-97
|
|
Theresa
Ahearn
|
Fine
Gael
|
Tipperary
South
|
1989-2000
|
|
Niamh
Bhreathnach
|
Labour
|
Dun
Laoghaire
|
1992-97
|
|
Eithne
Fitzgerald
|
Labour
|
Dublin
South
|
1992-97
|
|
Helen
Keogh
|
Progressive
Democrat
|
Dun
Laoghaire
|
1992-97
|
|
Deirdre
Clune
|
Fine
Gael
|
Cork
South Central
|
1997-2002; 2007-2011
|
|
Marian
McGennis
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Dublin
Central
|
1997-2002
|
|
Sile De Valera
|
Fianna
Fáil |
Clare |
1977-81; 1987-2007
|
|
Cecilia
Keaveney
|
Fianna
Fáil |
Donegal
North East
|
1996-2007
|
|
Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
|
Labour
|
Kerry
South
|
1992-2007
|
|
Liz
O'Donnell
|
Progressive
Democrat
|
Dublin
South
|
1992-2007
|
|
Fiona
O'Malley
|
Progressive
Democrat
|
Dun
Laoghaire
|
2002-2007
|
|
Mae
Sexton
|
Progressive
Democrat
|
Longford
Roscommon
|
2002-2007
|
|
Mildred
Fox
|
Independent
|
Wicklow
|
1995-2007
|
|
Marian
Harkin
|
Independent |
Sligo-Leitrim
|
2002-2007
|
|
Beverley
Flynn *
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Mayo
|
1997-2011
|
|
Mary
Coughlan
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Donegal
South West
|
1987-2011
|
|
Mary
Hanafin
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Dun
Laoghaire
|
1997-2011
|
|
Máire
Hoctor
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Tipperary
North
|
2002-2011
|
|
Mary
Wallace
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Meath
East
|
1989-2011
|
|
Margaret
Conlon
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Cavan
Monaghan
|
2007-2011
|
|
Aine
Brady
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Kildare
North
|
2007-2011
|
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Mary
O'Rourke
|
Fianna
Fáil
|
Longford
West Meath
|
1982-2002;
2007-2011
|
|
Olwyn
Enright
|
Fine
Gael
|
Laois
Offaly
|
2002-2011
|
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Liz
McManus
|
Labour
|
Wicklow
|
1992-2011
|
|
Mary
Upton
|
Labour
|
Dublin
South Central
|
1999-2011
|
|
Mary
White
|
Green
|
Carlow
Kilkenny
|
2007-2011
|
|
Mary
Harney **
|
Progressive
Democrat
|
Dublin
South West
|
1981-2011
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* Beverley Flynn
was a Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo between 1997-2004 when she became
an Independent TD. She was elected as an Independent in the 2007 elections,
but rejoined Fianna Fáil in April 2008
** Mary Harney was a Fianna Fáil TD between 1981-1985 but joined
the Progessive Democrats in 1985
Table
3: Dáil Éireann general election results by gender, 1918 to date
|
Election
|
Women
|
Men
|
%
Women
|
|
1918
|
1
|
..68
|
1
|
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1921
|
6
|
122
|
5
|
|
1922
|
2
|
126
|
2
|
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1923
|
5
|
148
|
3
|
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June 1927
|
4
|
149
|
3
|
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Sept. 1927
|
1
|
152
|
1
|
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1932
|
2
|
151
|
1
|
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1933
|
3
|
150
|
2
|
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1937
|
2
|
136
|
1
|
|
1938
|
3
|
135
|
2
|
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1943
|
3
|
135
|
2
|
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1944
|
4
|
134
|
3
|
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1948
|
5
|
142
|
3
|
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1951
|
5
|
142
|
3
|
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1954
|
5
|
142
|
3
|
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1957
|
5
|
142
|
3
|
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1961
|
3
|
141
|
2
|
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1965
|
5
|
139
|
4
|
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1969
|
3
|
141
|
2
|
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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
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5
|
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Nov. 1982
|
14.
|
152
|
8
|
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1987
|
14.
|
152
|
8
|
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1989
|
13.
|
153
|
8
|
|
1992
|
20.
|
146
|
12.
|
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1997
|
20.
|
146
|
12.
|
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2002
|
22.
|
144
|
13.
|
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2007
|
22.
|
144
|
13
|
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2011
|
25
|
141
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15
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