List of Irish politicians
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This is an incomplete list of public-representative office-holders, elected and appointed, past and present, in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The offices covered are TDs, MEPs, Presidents, Councillors, MPs, Stormont MPs, Members of the Sunningdale Assembly (as Mem.NI.Assmb), MLAs, Senators, Commissioners and Members of the Irish House of Commons (as Mem IHC)
Holders of other offices, such as Kings-representative (ie Governors General) or historical offices such as High King of Ireland are listed in the Others section
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Political Parties
Party Membership is indicated by the same colour-scheme as used in Members of the 29th Dáil (Section 2-Constituency list). A number of parties do not have a colour assigned, they are: Unknown (unk.)
| Party |
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| Fianna Fáil |
| Fine Gael |
| Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Centre Party |
| Labour |
| Workers Party |
| Democratic Left |
| Progressive Democrats |
| Green |
| Sinn Féin |
| Socialist |
| Independent |
Office holders, A-C
| Name | DOB | DOD | Party | Office | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A ... | |||||||
| Henry Abbot | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1987-89 | |||
| Caroline Acheson | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1981-82 | |||
| Gerry Adams | 1948 | Sinn Féin | MP | 1983-92 1997- | Leader of Sinn Féin | ||
| MLA | 1998- | ||||||
| Bertie Ahern | 1951 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1977- | Representing Dublin Central Current Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader | ||
| Dermot Ahern | 1955 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1987- | Representing Louth Minister | ||
| Kit Ahern | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1977-81 | Representing Kerry North | ||
| Liam Ahern | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1969-77 | |||
| Michael Ahern | 1949 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1982- | Representing Cork East | ||
| Noel Ahern | 1944 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1992- | Representing Dublin North West | ||
| Nuala Ahern | unk. | Green | MEP | 1994-2004 | |||
| Frank Aiken | 1896 | 1983 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1923-73 | Tánaiste (1965-1969) | |
| Bernard Allen | unk. | Fine Gael | TD | 1981- | Representing Cork North Central | ||
| Denis Allen | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1932-33 1944-61 | |||
| Lorcan Allen | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1961-82 | |||
| Barry Andrews | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Dún Laoighaire | ||
| David Andrews | 1936 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1965-2002 | Minister for Foreign Affairs (1998-2000) | ||
| Niall Andrews | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1977-87 | |||
| MEP | 1984-2004 | ||||||
| Seán Ardagh | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1997- | Representing Dublin South Central | ||
| Liam Aylward | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1977- | Representing Carlow-Kilkenny | ||
| MEP | 2004- | ||||||
| B ... | |||||||
| Mary Banotti | 1939 | Fine Gael | MEP | 1984-2004 | Candidate in the Irish presidential election, 1997 | ||
| Monica Barnes | unk. | Fine Gael | TD | -2002 | |||
| Michael Barret | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Seán Barrett | 1944 | Fine Gael | TD | 1981-2002 | Minister for Defence (1995-1997) | ||
| Sylvester Barrett | 1926 | 2002 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1968-87 | Minister | |
| MEP | 1984-89 | ||||||
| Peter Barry | 1928 | Fine Gael | TD | 1969-97 | Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982-1987) | ||
| George Bartley | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Gerald Bartley | unk. | unk. | Fianna Fail | TD | 1932-65 | Minister | |
| Patrick Beegan | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Thomas Bellew | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Patrick Belton | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Niamh Bhreathnach | 1945 | Labour | TD | 1992-97 | Minister for Education (1993-1997) | ||
| Neil Blaney | 1922 | 1995 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1948-71 | Minister for Agriculture (1966-1970) | |
| Indep. | TD | 1971-95 | |||||
| MEP | 1979-84 1989-94 | ||||||
| Ernest Blythe | 1889 | 1975 | Sinn Féin | TD | 1918-23 | Minister for Finance (1923-1932) | |
| CnaG | TD | 1923-33 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Senator | 1933-36 | |||||
| Gerald Boland | 1885 | 1973 | Sinn Féin | TD | 1923-26 | Minister for Posts & Telegraphs | |
| Fianna Fáil | TD | 1926-61 | |||||
| Senator | 1961-69 | ||||||
| Kevin Boland | 1917 | 2001 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1957-70 | Minister for Local Government | |
| Gerard Brady | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Johnny Brady | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Meath | |||
| Martin Brady | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Dublin North East | |||
| Vincent Brady | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Pat Breen | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Clare | |||
| Joseph Brennan | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Séamus Brennan | 1948 | Fianna Fáil | Senator | 1977-81 | Representing Dublin South Minister for Transport (2002-2004) | ||
| TD | 1981- | ||||||
| Ben Briscoe | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | unk. | |||
| Bob Briscoe | 1894 | 1969 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1927-65 | ||
| John Browne | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Wexford | |||
| Noel Browne | 1915 | 1997 | CnaP | TD | 1948-51 | Controversial Health Minister (1948-51) | |
| Indep. | TD | 1951-53 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | TD | 1953-54 | |||||
| Indep./Progressive | TD | 1957-63 | |||||
| Labour | TD | 1963-65 1969-73 | |||||
| Indep. | Senator | 1973-77 | |||||
| Indep./Socialist | TD | 1977-82 | |||||
| Cathal Brugha | 1874 | 1922 | Sinn Féin | TD | 1918-22 | Minister for Defence in the 1st Dáil | |
| John Bruton | 1947 | Fine Gael | TD | 1969-2004 | Representing Meath Taoiseach (1994-1997), Party leader | ||
| Richard Bruton | 1953 | Fine Gael | TD | 1982- | Representing Dublin North Central Deputy-Leader | ||
| P.J. Burke | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Ray Burke | 1943 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1973-97 | Minister for Foreign Affairs, jailed 2005 for tax fraud | ||
| Richard Burke | unk. | Fine Gael | TD | 1969-77 | Minister and European Commissioner (1977-1980) | ||
| Commissioner | 1977-80 1982-84 | ||||||
| Isaac Butt | 1813 | 1879 | Home Rule | MP | 1874-79 | Founder and leader | |
| C ... | |||||||
| Joe Callanan | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Galway East | |||
| Johnny Callanan | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Ivor Callely | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Dublin North Central | |||
| Pat Carey | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Dublin North West | |||
| John Carty | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Mayo | |||
| Michael Carty | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Donie Cassidy | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Westmeath | |||
| Erskine Childers | 1905 | 1974 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1938-73 | Fourth President of Ireland | |
| President | 1973-74 | ||||||
| Kathleen Clarke | 1879 | 1972 | unk. | Councillor | unk. | First female Lord Mayor of Dublin (1939) | |
| Frank Cluskey | 1930 | 1989 | Labour | TD | 1965-81 1982-89 | Irish Labour Party leader (1977-1981) | |
| George Colley | 1925 | 1983 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1961-83 | Tánaiste (1977-1981) | |
| Henry Colley | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Gerard Collins | 1938 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1967-unk. | Minister for Foreign Affairs | ||
| MEP | 1994-2004 | ||||||
| Michael Collins | Fianna Fáil | TD | Representing Limerick | ||||
| Michael Collins | 1890 | 1922 | Sinn Féin | TD | 1918-22 | Assassinated Chairman of the Provisional Government | |
| Paul Connaughton | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Galway East | |||
| Brendan Corish | 1918 | 1990 | Labour | TD | 1945-82 | Labour Leader, Tánaiste (1973-1977) | |
| Liam Cosgrave | 1920 | Fine Gael | TD | 1944-81 | Taoiseach (1973-1977) | ||
| W.T. Cosgrave | 1880 | 1965 | Sinn Féin | TD | 1918-23 | President of the Executive Council (1923-1932) | |
| CnaG | TD | 1923-33 | |||||
| Fine Gael | TD | 1933-44 | |||||
| John A. Costello | 1891 | 1976 | Fine Gael | TD | 1933-61 | Taoiseach (1948-1951 & 1954-1957) | |
| Cathal Coughlan | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Clement Coughlan | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Mary Coughlan | 1965 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1987- | Representing Donegal South West Minister for Social & Family Affairs (2002-2004) | ||
| Hugh Coveney | 1935 | 1998 | Fine Gael | TD | 1981-87 1994-98 | Representing Cork South Central | |
| Simon Coveney | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Cork South Central | |||
| Ber Cowen | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Brian Cowen | 1960 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1984- | Representing Laois-Offaly Minister for Foreign Affairs/Finance | ||
| Pat Cox | 1952 | PD | TD | 1989-94 | Former President of the European Parliament | ||
| MEP | 1989-94 | ||||||
| Indep. | MEP | 1994-2004 | |||||
| Seymour Crawford | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Cavan-Monaghan | |||
| John Cregan | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Limerick West | |||
| Jerry Cronin | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Brian Crowley | unk. | Fianna Fáil | MEP | 1994- | |||
| Martin Cullen | 1954 | PD | TD | 1987-89 | Repesenting Waterford Minister for the Environment & Local Government (2002-present) | ||
| Senator | 1989-92 | ||||||
| TD | 1992-94 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | TD | 1994- | |||||
| James Curran | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| John Curran | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Dublin Mid West | |||
| Austin Currie | 1939 | unk. | Stormont MP | 1964-72 | Candidate in Irish presidential election, 1990 | ||
| SLDP | Mem. NI Assmb. | 1973-75 | |||||
| Fine Gael | TD | 1989-2002 | |||||
| John Cushnahan | unk. | Fine Gael | MEP | 1989-2004 | |||
Office holders, D-G
| Name | DOB | DOD | Party | Office | Term | Notes | |
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| Brendan Daly | 1940 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1973-92 1997-2002 | Minister for the Marine (1987-1989) | ||
| Senator | 1992-97 | ||||||
| Noel Davern | 1945 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1969-81 1987- | Representing Tipperary South Minister for Education (1991-1992) | ||
| MEP | 1979-84 | ||||||
| Austin Deasy | 1936 | Fine Gael | Senator | 1973-77 | Minister for Agriculture (1982-1987) | ||
| TD | 1977-2002 | ||||||
| John Deasy | 1968 | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Waterford Son of Austin Deasy | ||
| Jimmy Deenihan | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Kerry North | |||
| Noel Dempsey | 1953 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1987- | Representing Meath Minister for Education & Science (2002-2004) | ||
| Tony Dempsey | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Westmeath | |||
| John Dennehy | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Cork South Central | |||
| Proinsias De Rossa | 1940 | Workers Party | TD | 1982-92 | Former leader of Workers Party and Democratic Left | ||
| MEP | 1989-92 | ||||||
| DL | TD | 1992-97 | |||||
| Labour | TD | 1997-2002 | |||||
| MEP | 1999- | ||||||
| Barry Desmond | 1935 | Labour | TD | 1969-89 | Minister for Social Welfare (1982-1987) | ||
| MEP | 1989-94 | ||||||
| Eileen Desmond | 1932 | 2005 | Labour | TD | 1965-69 1973-87 | Minister for Health & Social Welfare (1981-1982) | |
| Senator | 1969-73 | ||||||
| MEP | 1979-81 | ||||||
| Eamon de Valera | 1882 | 1975 | Sinn Féin | TD | 1918-26 | Born in USA. Taoiseach (1932-1948; 1951-54; 1957-1959) | |
| Fianna Fáil | TD | 1926-59 | |||||
| President | 1959-73 | ||||||
| Síle de Valera | 1954 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1977-81 1987- | Representing Clare Minister for Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht (1997-2002) | ||
| MEP | 1979-84 | ||||||
| Vivion de Valera | 1910 | 1982 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1945-81 | Managing dir. of The Irish Press | |
| Jimmy Devins | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Sligo-Leitrim | |||
| James Dillon | 1902 | 1986 | Centre Party | TD | 1932-33 | Fine Gael Leader (1959-1965) | |
| Fine Gael | TD | 1933-42 1953-69 | |||||
| Indep. | TD | 1942-53 | |||||
| John Dillon | 1851 | 1927 | IPP | MP | 1880-83 1885-1918 | Leader Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| Seán Doherty | 1944 | 2005 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1977-89 1992-2002 | Minister for Justice (1982) | |
| Senator | 1989-92 | ||||||
| Paddy Donegan | 1923 | 2000 | Fine Gael | TD | 1954-57 1961-81 | Minister for Defence (1973-1977) | |
| James Dooge | 1922 | Fine Gael | Senator | 1961-77 1981-87 | Minister for Foreign Affairs (1981-1982) | ||
| Avril Doyle | Fine Gael | MEP | 2002- | ||||
| Alan Dukes | 1945 | Fine Gael | TD | 1981-2002 | Leader (1987-1990) | ||
| Bernard Durkan | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Kildare North | |||
| Mark Durkan | 1960 | SDLP | MLA | 1998- | Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party | ||
| MP | 2005- | ||||||
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| John Ellis | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Sligo-Leitrim | |||
| Damien English | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Meath | |||
| Olwyn Enright | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Laois-Offaly | |||
| F ... | |||||||
| Frank Fahey | 1951 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1982-92 1997- | Representing Galway West Minister for the Marine & Natural Resources (2000-2002) | ||
| Senator | 1992-97 | ||||||
| Jack Fahey | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Frank Fahy | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Pádraig Faulkner | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Martin Ferris | 1958 | Sinn Féin | TD | 2002- | Representing Kerry North | ||
| Michael Finneran | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Longford-Roscommon | |||
| Gerry Fitt | 1926 | Labour Party | Stormont MP | 1962-64 | First leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party | ||
| Rep. Labour | Stormont MP | 1964-unk. | |||||
| MP | 1966-73 | ||||||
| SDLP | MP | 1973-79 | |||||
| Indep. | MP | 1979-83 | |||||
| Desmond FitzGerald | 1888 | 1947 | Sinn Féin | TD | 1918-23 | Minister for External Affairs (1923-1927) | |
| CnaG | TD | 1923-33 | |||||
| Fine Gael | TD | 1933-38 | |||||
| Senator | 1938-43 | ||||||
| Garret FitzGerald | 1926 | Fine Gael | Senator | 1965-69 | Taoiseach (1981-2, 1982-87) | ||
| TD | 1969-92 | ||||||
| Gene FitzGerald | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Dermot Fitzpatrick | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Dublin Central | |||
| Tom Fitzpatrick | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Tom FitzPatrick | unk. | Fine Gael | TD | 1965-89 | Fine Gael Minister, Ceann Comhairle | ||
| James Fitzsimons | unk. | Fianna Fáil | MEP | 1984-2004 | |||
| Oliver J. Flanagan | 1920 | 1987 | Indep. | TD | 1943-87 | Minister for Defence (1976-1977) | |
| Seán Flanagan | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1951-77 | Minister | ||
| MEP | 1979-89 | ||||||
| Seán Fleming | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Laois-Offaly | |||
| Beverley Flynn | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1997-99 2002-04 | Daughter of P. Flynn | ||
| Indep. | TD | 1999-2002 2004- | |||||
| Pádraig Flynn | 1939 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1977-93 | Minister for the Environment (1987-1991) | ||
| Commissioner | 1993-99 | ||||||
| Denis Foley | unk. | Fianna Fáil | TD | -2002 | Representing Kerry North | ||
| G ... | |||||||
| Denis Gallagher | 1922 | 2001 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1973-89 | Minister | |
| Pat the Cope Gallagher | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Donegal South West | |||
| James Geoghegan | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| John Geoghegan | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | 1950 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1975-97 | Minister for Justice (1993-1994) | ||
| Jim Gibbons | 1924 | 1997 | Fianna Fáil | TD | 1957-82 | Minister for Defence (1969-1970) | |
| Alan Gillis | unk. | unk. | MEP | 1994-99 | |||
| Jim Glennon | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Dublin North | |||
| Henry Grattan | 1746 | 1820 | National Party | Mem. IHC | 1775-97 1800 | 18th century defender of Irish parliamentary independence and opponent of the Act of Union | |
| Whig | MP | 1805-20 | |||||
| Noel Grealish | unk. | PD | TD | 2002- | |||
| Tony Gregory | 1947 | Indep. | TD | 1982- | Supporter of Fianna Fáil government (1982) | ||
| Arthur Griffith | 1871 | 1922 | Sinn Féin | TD | 1918-22 | President of Dáil Éireann (Jan-Aug 1922) & 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty delegation leader | |
Office holders, H-M
Office holders, N-Q
Office holders, R-Y
| Name | DOB | DOD | Party | Office | Term | Notes | |
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| R ... | |||||||
| Pat Rabbitte | 1949 | Labour | TD | Labour leader (2002-present) | |||
| DL | TD | ||||||
| John Redmond | 1856 | 1918 | IPP | MP | Leader Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
| Albert Reynolds | 1932 | Fianna Fáil | TD | -2002 | Taoiseach (1992-1994) | ||
| Michael Ring | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Mayo | |||
| Mary Robinson | 1944 | Senator | Seventh President of Ireland | ||||
| President | 1990-1997 | ||||||
| Boyle Roche | unk | unk | unk | Mem. IHC | unk | Eighteenth century member Irish House of Commons | |
| Dick Roche | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Wicklow | |||
| P.J. Ruttledge | Fianna Fáil | TD | |||||
| Eamon Ryan | Greens | TD | Prospective Presidental Candidate 2004 | ||||
| Eoin Ryan | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Dublin South East | |||
| James Ryan | 1891 | 1970 | TD | Minister for Finance (1961-1965) | |||
| Richie Ryan | Fine Gael | TD | Minister | ||||
| Fine Gael | MEP |
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| S ... | |||||||
| Trevor Sargent | Greens | TD | Green Party Leader | ||||
| Dana, Rosemary Scallon | 1951 | Indep. | MEP | 1999-2004 | Representing Connacht/Ulster | ||
| Mae Sexton | unk. | PD | TD | 2002- | |||
| Alan Shatter | 1951 | Fine Gael | TD | unk | |||
| D. D. (Daniel Desmond) Sheehan | 1873 | 1948 | Nationalist | MP | 1901-07 | First independent Labour MP | |
| Indep. | MP | 1906-18 | |||||
| Kathy Sinnott | MEP | 2004- | Disability rights campaigner | ||||
| Brendan Smith | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Cavan-Monaghan | |||
| Michael Smith | 1943 | Fianna Fáil | TD | Minister for Defence (1997-2004) | |||
| Paddy Smith | TD | Minister | |||||
| Dick Spring | 1950 | Labour | TD | Tánaiste (1982-1987 & 1992-1997) | |||
| David Stanton | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Cork East | |||
| Gerard Sweetman | 1908 | 1970 | TD | Minister for Finance (1954-1957) | |||
| T ... | |||||||
| Mervyn Taylor | 1931 | TD | Minister for Equality & Law Reform (1993-1997) | ||||
| Billy Timmins | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Wicklow | |||
| Oscar Traynor | 1886 | 1963 | TD | Minister for Posts & Telegraphs (1936) | |||
| Noel Treacy | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Galway East | |||
| David Trimble | UUP | former First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party | |||||
| James Tully | 1915 | 1992 | Labour | TD | Minister for Local Government (1973-1977) | ||
| Jim Tunney | 1923 | 2002 | Fianna Fáil | TD | Minister of State | ||
| Liam Twomey | Fine Gael | TD | 2002- | Representing Wexford | |||
| U ... | |||||||
| Domhnall Ua Buachalla | Fianna Fáil | TD | Governor-General (1932-36/7) | ||||
| W ... | |||||||
| Dan Wallace | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Cork North Central | |||
| Mary Wallace | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Meath | |||
| Joe Walsh | 1943 | Fianna Fáil | TD | Representing Cork South West Minister for Agriculture | |||
| Hon. Arthur Wellesley | 1759 | 1852 | unk | Mem. IHC* | unk | Member of Irish House of Commons, military leader and British Prime Minister | |
| Ollie Wilkinson | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Waterford | |||
| John Wilson | Fianna Fáil | TD | Tánaiste (1990-1992) | ||||
| Michael Woods | 1935 | Fianna Fáil | TD | Representing Dublin North East Minister for Education & Science (200-2002) | |||
| G.V. Wright | Fianna Fáil | TD | 2002- | Representing Dublin North | |||
| Y ... | |||||||
| Ivan Yates | 1959 | Fine Gael | TD | Minister for Agriculture, Food & Forestry (1994-1997) | |||
Notable others (activists etc)
This list features Irish activists and revolutionaries, strategists, unelected office holders, unsuccessful election candidates, Irish people in the politics of other nations, historical Irish figures etc. It also includes Lords Lieutenant and Governors General, representatives of the King
| Name | DOB | DOD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Boland | Diplomat and Irish delegate to UN | ||
| Brian Boru | 941 | 1014 | High King of Ireland 1002-1014 |
| Edmund Burke | 1729 | 1797 | Statesman, Whig MP |
| Ulick Burke | 1657 | 5th Earl of Clanricarde | |
| James Butler | 1610 | 1688 | Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,12th Earl of Ormonde |
| Roger Casement | Human rights campaigner turned revolutionary | ||
| Eamonn Ceannt | Signatory of 1916 Proclamation | ||
| Thomas J. Clarke | Signatory of 1916 Proclamation | ||
| James Connolly | 1868 | 1916 | Scottish-born socialist, founder of the Labour Party and Easter Rising participant |
| Thomas D'Arcy McGee | Promoter of a federal union for the Canadian provinces | ||
| Patrick Darcy | 1598 | 1668 | Active during Irish Confederate Wars |
| Michael Davitt | 1846 | 1906 | Land League founder |
| Robert Emmet | Leader of 1803 rebellion | ||
| Lord Edward FitzGerald | 18th Century aristocratic revolutionary | ||
| Garret Fitzgerald | The Great Earl of Kildare | ||
| Richard Martin fitz Oliver | 1602 | 1648 | Leader during Irish Confederate Wars, approx dob |
| Jim Larkin | 1876 | 1947 | Irish Labour leader |
| Seán Lester | 1888 | 1959 | Secretary-General of the League of Nations |
| Willam Joyce | Lord Haw Haw, Nazi propagandist | ||
| Richard Martin | 1754 | 1834 | Supporter of Irish Catholic Emancipation, co-founder RSPCA |
| Edward Martyn | 1859 | 1923 | |
| Henry Joy McCracken | Ulster leader of 1798 rebellion | ||
| Seán Mac Diarmada | Signatory of 1916 Proclamation | ||
| Thomas MacDonagh | Signatory of 1916 Proclamation | ||
| Seán MacEoin | 1893 | 1973 | Candidate in Irish presidential election, 1959 |
| Dermot McMurrough | King of Leinster | ||
| James McNeill | 1902 | 1986 | Second Governor-General of the Irish Free State |
| Derek Nally | 1936 | Indep. Candidate in the Irish presidential election, 1997 | |
| Rory O'Connor | High King of Ireland | ||
| Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa | 1915 | Veteran Fenian leader | |
| Eoin O'Duffy | 1892 | 1944 | Leader of the Blueshirts |
| The O'Rahilly | 1916 Leader | ||
| St. Laurence O'Toole | Archbishop of Dublin 1128-80 | ||
| Earl Longford | Irish-born UK cabinet minister and author | ||
| Padraic Pearse | Easter Rising leader, poet, teacher | ||
| Joseph Mary Plunkett | Signatory of 1916 Proclamation | ||
| Patrick Sarsfield | Earl of Lucan - military leader | ||
| Wolfe Tone | Nationalist Leader | ||
| T.K. Whitaker | Architect of post-war economic development |
Facts
Data as-of June 2005
- Oldest living office holders
- Conor Cruise O'Brien, former TD (born 1917)
- Liam Cosgrave, former Taoiseach (born 1920)
- James Dooge, former Senator (born 1922)
- Patrick Hillery, former President (born 1923)
- Oldest at time of retiring/death
- Eamon de Valera 91y
- Oldest person currently in office
- Séamus Pattison (born 1936)
- Mary O'Rourke (born 1937)
- Proinsias De Rossa (born 1940)
- Noel Davern (born 1945)
- Oldest current Ministers
- Seamus Brennan (born 1948)
- Youngest currently in office:
- Longest service (in one role)
- Frank Aiken 50y as TD
- Neil Blaney 47y as TD
- Séamus Pattison 44y as TD
- Oliver J. Flanagan 44y as TD
- Eamon de Valera 41y as TD
- Longest service (cumulative)
- Eamon de Valera 55y (TD, President)
- Frank Aiken 50y (TD)
- Neil Blaney 47y (TD, MEP)
- Gerald Boland 46y (TD, Senator)
- Longest service (currently in office)
- Séamus Pattison 44y (TD, MEP)
- Noel Davern 33y (TD, MEP)
- Taoiseach Bertie Ahern 28y (TD)
- Seamus Brennan 28y (Senator, TD)
- Liam Aylward 28y (TD,MEP)
- Longest service as MEP
- Ian Paisley 25y
- John McCartin 25y
- Mary Banotti 20y
- Niall Andrews 20y
- James Fitzsimons 20y
- Currently in office, longest time since first elected
- Séamus Pattison (1961)
- Noel Davern (1969)
- Bertie Ahern, Síle de Valera, Seamus Brennan, Liam Aylward (1977)