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Dáil Éireann Members' Directory

Chronology of Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas

Dáil Éireann 1919 - 2017
Seanad Éireann 1922 - 2017

Dáil Members
Seanad Members


Dr. Noel C. Browne

Dr. Noel C. Browne

(20/12/1915 - 23/05/1997)

Profession: Medical Practitioner
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

Born 20 December 1915
13th Dáil - Minister for Health [2 February 1948 to 11 April 1951]
Defeated in the 1954 Dáil election
Defeated in the 1965 Dáil election
Did not contest the 1973 Dáil election
Did not contest the 1982 Dáil election
Died 23 May 1997



Mr. Frank Cluskey

Mr. Frank Cluskey

(08/04/1930 - 07/05/1989)

Profession: Butcher
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

20th Dáil - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare [14 March 1973 to 25 May 1977]
24th Dáil-Minister for Trade
Commerce and Tourism (resigned 8 December 1983)
Defeated in the 1981 election.



Mr. Brendan Corish

Mr. Brendan Corish

(19/11/1918 - 17/02/1990)

Profession: Full-Time Public Representative
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

Elected at by-election 4 December 1945
13th Dáil - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence
15th Dáil - Minister for Social Welfare [2 June 1954 to 20 March 1957]
20th Dáil - Tánaiste
Minister for Health and Minister for Social Welfare [14 march 1973 to 25 May 1977]
Did not contest the 1982 Dáil election.



Mr. Stephen Coughlan

Mr. Stephen Coughlan

(26/12/1910 - 20/12/1994)

Profession: Turf Accountant and Publican
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

Defeated in the 1977 election.



Dr. Conor Cruise O'Brien

Dr. Conor Cruise O'Brien

(03/11/1917 - 18/12/2008)

Profession: Professor
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

20th Dáil - Minister for Posts and Telegraphs [14 March 1973 to 25 May 1977]
21st Dáil - Defeated in the Dáil election of 1977
Resigned from the Seanad on 13 June 1979
Died



Mr. Barry Desmond

Mr. Barry Desmond

(15/05/1935 - )

Profession: Industrial Officer ICTU
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

22nd Dáil - Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for Economic Planning
24th Dáil - Minister for Social Welfare [14 December 1982 to 14 February 1986]
Minister for Health [14 December 1982 to 20 January 1987] resigned 20 January 1987
Did not contest the Dáil election of 1989
Elected as an M.E.P. 15 June 1989



Mr. Sean Dunne

Mr. Sean Dunne

(18/12/1918 - 25/06/1969)

Profession: Union Official
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

Did not contest the 1957 election
Mr. Dunne died on the 25th June 1969 without signing the Roll.



Mr. Liam Kavanagh

Mr. Liam Kavanagh

(09/02/1935 - )

Profession: Rate Collector
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

22nd Dáil - Minister for Labour
Minister for the Public Service [30 June 1981 to 9 March 1982]
24th Dáil - Minister for Labour [14 December 1982 to 13 December 1983]
Minister for the Environment [13 December 1983 to 14 February 1986]
Minister for Tourism Fisheries and Forestry [14 February 1986 to 20 January 1987] resigned
27th Dáil - Vice-Chairman State Sponsored Bodies Committee [13 May 1993 to 24 January 1995] [15 march 1995 to 15 May 1997].



Mr. Justin Keating

Mr. Justin Keating

(07/01/1930 - 31/12/2009)

Profession: University Lecturer
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

Born 7 January 1930
20th Dáil - Minister for Industry and Commerce [14 March 1973 to 25 May 1977]
Defeated in the 1977 Dáil election.



Mr. Michael Pat Murphy

Mr. Michael Pat Murphy

(12/03/1919 - 28/10/2000)

Profession: Publican
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

20th Dáil - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries [14 March 1973 to 25 May 1977]
Did not contest the 1981 election.



Dr. John F. O'Connell (Deceased)

Dr. John F. O'Connell (Deceased)

(20/01/1927 - 08/03/2013)

Profession: Medical Doctor
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

22nd Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [30 June 1981 to 9 March 1982]
23rd Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [9 March 1982 - 14 December 1982]
25th Dáil - Defeated in the 1987 Dáil general election
26th Dáil - Minister for Health [11 February 1992 to 12 January 1993]
27th Dáil - Resigned on 24 February 1993.



Mr. John O'Donovan

Mr. John O'Donovan

( - 17/05/1982)

Profession: Lecturer, U.C.D.
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

Born 1908
15th Dáil - Parliamentary Secretary to the Government
Defeated in the 1957 Dáil election
Leas-Chathaoirleach of the Seanad [30 May 1959]
Defeated in the 1973 Dáil election
Died 17 May 1982



Mr. Michael O'Leary

Mr. Michael O'Leary

(08/05/1936 - 11/05/2006)

Profession: Barrister-at-Law
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

20th Dáil - Minister for Labour [14 March 1973 to 25 May 1977]
21st Dáil - He became an M.E.P. with a dual mandate [17 July 1979 - 30 June 1981]
22nd Dáil - Leader of the Labour Party
22nd Dáil - Tánaiste and Minister for Energy [30 June 1981 to 9 March 1982] [change of Department name to Industry and Energy with effect from 21 August 1981]
November 1982 he resigned as Leader of the Labour Party and Joined Fine Gael
24th Dáil - He did not contest the 1987 General Election
He became a District Judge [21 Feburary 1995 - 08 May 2006]
Died 11 May 2006



Mr. Séamus Pattison

Mr. Séamus Pattison

(19/04/1936 - )

Profession: Public Representative formerly Trade Union Official
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Address

6 Upper New Street
Kilkenny
T: + 353 (0)1 618 3444
E: LeasCC@Oireachtas.ie
W: ceanncomhairle.oireachtas.ie/cv_deputy.asp

Details

24th Dáil - Minister of State in the Department of Social Welfare [15 December 1983 - 20 January 1987] (resigned)
27th Dáil - Chairman of the Select Committee on Social Affairs [13 May 1993 to 24 January 1995] [13 March 1995- ]
28th Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [26 June 1997 - 6 June 2002]
29th Dáil - Leas-Cheann Comhairle [18 June 2002 - 29 April 2007].
Did not contest the 2007 General Election.



Mr. Daniel Spring

Mr. Daniel Spring

(01/07/1910 - 01/01/1988)

Profession: Trade Union Official
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

15th Dáil - Parliamentary Secertary to the Minister for Local Government [16 March 1956 to 20 March 1957]
Did not contest the 1981 election.



Mr. David A. Thornley

Mr. David A. Thornley

(31/07/1935 - 18/06/1978)

Profession: University Professor
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

Defeated 1977 election.



Mr. Seán Treacy

Mr. Seán Treacy

(23/09/1923 - )

Profession: Boot and Shoe Operative
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

20th Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [14 March 1973 to 25 May 1977]
25th Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [10 March 1987 to 28 June 1989]
26th Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [29 June 1989 to 13 December 1992]
27th Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [14 December 1992 to 1997]



Mr. James Tully

Mr. James Tully

(18/09/1915 - 20/05/1992)

Profession: Trade Union Official
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
  • House: 22nd Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1981-1982
  • Party: Labour_Party
  • House: 21st Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1977-1981
  • Party: Labour_Party
  • House: 20th Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1973-1977
  • Party: Labour_Party
  • House: 19th Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1969-1973
  • Party: Labour_Party
  • House: 18th Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1965-1969
  • Party: Labour_Party
  • House: 17th Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1961-1965
  • Party: Labour_Party
  • House: 15th Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1954-1957
  • Party: Labour_Party
Details

Defeated in 1957 election
20th Dáil - Minister for Local Government [14 March 1973 to 25 May 1977]
22nd Dáil - Minister for Defence [30 June 1981 to 9 March 1982]
Did not contest 1982 election