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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.

Contents 1 Use of the term "Irish" 2 Political Parties 3 Office holders, A–C 4 Office holders, D–G 5 Office holders, H–M 6 Office holders, N–Q 7 Office holders, R–Y 8 Notable others (activists etc) 9 Facts 9.1 Oldest living former office-holders 9.2 Oldest ever office-holders 9.3 Youngest ever office-holders 9.4 Earliest cabinet with members still surviving 9.5 Earliest Dáil with members still surviving 9.6 Longest lived former office-holder 9.7 Longest surviving Members of the 1st Dáil 9.8 Longest serving Cabinet Ministers 9.9 People appointed to cabinet at the start of their first term as TD 9.10 Oldest person currently in office 9.11 Youngest Person currently in office 9.12 Oldest current Members of Government 9.13 Youngest current Members of Government 9.14 Longest service (in one role) 9.15 Longest service (cumulative) 9.16 Currently in office, longest service (as-of Dec 30 2007) 9.17 Longest service as MEP 9.18 Husband and Wife TDs in the same Dáil 10 See also

[edit] Use of the term "Irish"

It should be remembered that not everyone born on the island of Ireland sees themselves as Irish, as is commonly assumed by outsiders. Particularly in Northern Ireland, some also regard themselves as British and/or do not regard themselves as Irish at all. In Northern Ireland in particular, there is no common consensus on what the term "Irish" entails. It should not be therefore assumed that all people on this list would consider themselves to be "Irish".

[edit] Political Parties

Party Membership is indicated by the colour below. It is the the same colour-scheme as used in all articles on Irish politics, for example: Members of the 29th Dáil.

Party
	Clann na Poblachta
	Clann na Talmhan
	Cumann na nGaedhael
	Democratic Left
	Farmers Party
	Fianna Fáil
	Fine Gael
	Green Party
	Home Rule / IPP
	Independent
	Independent Fianna Fáil
	Labour Party
	National Centre Party
	National Labour Party
	National League
	National Progressive Democrats
	Progressive Democrats
	Sinn Féin
	SDLP
	Socialist Party
	Workers Party

[edit] Office holders, A–C

Name		Born	Died	Party	Office	Term	Notes
A
	Henry Abbot	unk.		Fianna Fáil	TD	1987-89
	Carrie Acheson	1934		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-	TD for Dublin Central, Current Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader
	Dermot Ahern	1955		Fianna Fáil	TD	1987-	TD for Louth Minister
	Kit Ahern	1915		Fianna Fáil	TD	1977-81	TD for Kerry North
	Liam Ahern	1916	1974	Fianna Fáil	TD	1969-74
	Michael Ahern	1949		Fianna Fáil	TD	1982-	TD for Cork East
	Noel Ahern	1944		Fianna Fáil	TD	1992-	TD for Dublin North West
	Nuala Ahern	1949		Green Party	MEP	1994-2004	MEP for Leinster constituency
	Frank Aiken	1896	1983	Fianna Fáil	TD	1923-73	Tánaiste (1965-1969)
	Bernard Allen	1944		Fine Gael	TD	1981-	TD for Cork North Central
	Denis Allen	1896	1961	Fianna Fáil	TD	1932-33 1944-61
	Lorcan Allen	unk.		Fianna Fáil	TD	1961-82
	Barry Andrews	1967		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dún Laoghaire
	David Andrews	1936		Fianna Fáil	TD	1965-2002	Minister for Foreign Affairs (1998-2000)
	Niall Andrews	1937	2006	Fianna Fáil	TD	1977-87
					MEP	1984-2004
	Seán Ardagh	1947		Fianna Fáil	TD	1997-	TD for Dublin South Central
	Liam Aylward	1952		Fianna Fáil	TD	1977-	TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
					MEP	2004-
B
	Mary Banotti	1939		Fine Gael	MEP	1984-2004	Candidate in the Irish presidential election, 1997
	Monica Barnes	1936		Fine Gael	TD	1982-2002	TD & Senator
	Michael Barrett	1927	2006	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	1898	1974	Fianna Fáil	TD	1932-65	Minister
	Patrick Beegan	1895	1958	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Thomas Bellew			Fianna Fáil	TD
	Patrick Belton			Fianna Fáil	TD
	Niamh Bhreathnach	1945		Labour Party	TD	1992-97	Minister for Education (1993-1997)
	Harry Blaney	1928		Ind. FF	TD	1997-2002
	Neal Blaney	1893	1948	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Neil Blaney	1922	1995	Fianna Fáil	TD	1948-71	Minister for Agriculture (1966-1970)
				Ind. FF	TD	1971-95
					MEP	1979-84 1989-94
	Niall Blaney	1974		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-06
				Ind. FF	TD	2006-
	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
	Dan Boyle	1962		Green Party	TD	2002-	TD for Cork South Central
	Gerard Brady	1936		Fianna Fáil	TD
	Johnny Brady	1948		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Meath
	Martin Brady	1947		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin North East
	Vincent Brady	1936		Fianna Fáil	TD
	Pat Breen	1957		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Clare
	Joseph Brennan	1913	1980	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Séamus Brennan	1948		Fianna Fáil	Senator	1977-81	TD for Dublin South, Minister for Transport (2002-2004)
					TD	1981-
	Ben Briscoe	1934		Fianna Fáil	TD	1965-2002
	Bob Briscoe	1894	1969	Fianna Fáil	TD	1927-65
	John Browne	1948		Fianna Fáil	TD	1982-	TD for Wexford
	John Browne	1936		Fine Gael	TD	1989-2002	TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
	Noel Browne	1915	1997	CnaP	TD	1948-51	Controversial Health Minister (1948-51)
				Independent	TD	1951-53
				Fianna Fáil	TD	1953-54
				Ind./Progressive	TD	1957-63
				Labour Party	TD	1963-65 1969-73
				Independent	Senator	1973-77
				Ind./Socialist	TD	1977-82
	Cathal Brugha	1874	1922	Sinn Féin	TD	1918-22	Minister for Defence in the 1st Dáil
	Ruairí Brugha	1917	2006	Fianna Fáil	TD	1973-77	Also Senator, MEP
	John Bruton	1947		Fine Gael	TD	1969-2004	TD for Meath, Taoiseach (1994-1997), Party leader
	Richard Bruton	1953		Fine Gael	TD	1982-	TD for Dublin North Central, Deputy-Leader
	Liam Burke	1928	2005	Fine Gael	TD	1969-77 1979-89 1992-2002
	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	1932		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	1949		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Galway East
	Johnny Callanan	1910	1982	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Ivor Callely	1958		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin North Central
	Pat Carey	1947		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin North West
	John Carty	1950		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Mayo
	Michael Carty	1916	1975	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Donie Cassidy	1945		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Westmeath
	Erskine H. Childers	1905	1974	Fianna Fáil	TD	1938-73	Fourth President of Ireland
					President	1973-74
	Kathleen Clarke	1878	1972	Sinn Féin	TD	1921-36	First female Lord Mayor of Dublin (1939)
	Frank Cluskey	1930	1989	Labour Party	TD	1965-81 1982-89	Labour Party Leader (1977-1981)
	George Colley	1925	1983	Fianna Fáil	TD	1961-83	Tánaiste (1977-1981)
	Henry Colley	1891	1972	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Gerard Collins	1938		Fianna Fáil	TD	1967-97	Minister for Foreign Affairs
					MEP	1994-2004
	Michael Collins	1941		Fianna Fáil	TD		TD for Limerick West
	Michael Collins	1890	1922	Sinn Féin	TD	1918-22	Assassinated Chairman of the Provisional Government
	Paul Connaughton	1944		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Galway East
	Brendan Corish	1918	1990	Labour Party	TD	1945-82	Labour Party 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	1937	1986	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Clement Coughlan	1942	1983	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Mary Coughlan	1965		Fianna Fáil	TD	1987-	TD for Donegal South West, Minister for Social & Family Affairs (2002-2004)
	Hugh Coveney	1935	1998	Fine Gael	TD	1981-87 1994-98	TD for Cork South Central
	Simon Coveney	1972		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Cork South Central
	Ber Cowen	1932	1984	Fianna Fáil	TD	1969-84
	Brian Cowen	1960		Fianna Fáil	TD	1984-	TD for Laois-Offaly, Minister for Foreign Affairs/Finance
	Pat Cox	1952		PD	TD	1989-94	Former President of the European Parliament
					MEP	1989-94
				Independent	MEP	1994-2004
	Seymour Crawford	1944		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Cavan-Monaghan
	John Cregan	1961		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Limerick West
	Jerry Cronin			Fianna Fáil	TD
	Brian Crowley	1964		Fianna Fáil	MEP	1994-
	Ciarán Cuffe	1963		Green Party	TD	2002-	TD for Dún Laoghaire
	Martin Cullen	1954		PD	TD	1987-89	TD for 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	1960		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin Mid West
	Austin Currie	1939			Stormont MP	1964-72	Candidate in Irish presidential election, 1990
				SDLP	Mem. NI Assmb.	1973-75
				Fine Gael	TD	1989-2002
	John Cushnahan	1948		Fine Gael	MEP	1989-2004

[edit] Office holders, D–G

Name		Born	Died	Party	Office	Term	Notes
D
	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-	TD for 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	1967		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Waterford, son of Austin Deasy
	Jimmy Deenihan	1952		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Kerry North
	Noel Dempsey	1953		Fianna Fáil	TD	1987-	TD for Meath, Minister for Education & Science (2002-2004)
	Tony Dempsey	1944		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Wexford
	John Dennehy	1940		Fianna Fáil	TD	1987-	TD for 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 Party	TD	1997-2002
					MEP	1999-
	Barry Desmond	1935		Labour Party	TD	1969-89	Minister for Social Welfare (1982-1987)
					MEP	1989-94
	Eileen Desmond	1932	2005	Labour Party	TD	1965-69 1973-87	Minister for Health & Social Welfare (1981-1982)
					Senator	1969-73
					MEP	1979-81
	Éamon 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-	TD for Clare, Minister for Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht (1997-2002)
					MEP	1979-84
	Vivion de Valera	1910	1982	Fianna Fáil	TD	1945-81	Managing director of The Irish Press
	Jimmy Devins	1948		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Sligo-Leitrim
	James Dillon	1902	1986	Centre Party	TD	1932-33	Fine Gael Leader (1959-1965)
				Fine Gael	TD	1933-42 1953-69
				Independent	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	1949		Fine Gael	MEP	1999-
					TD	1982-89 1992-97
	Alan Dukes	1945		Fine Gael	TD	1981-2002	Leader (1987-1990)
	Bernard Durkan	1945		Fine Gael	TD	1981-	TD for Kildare North
	Mark Durkan	1960		SDLP	MLA	1998-	Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
					MP	2005-
E
	John Ellis	1952		Fianna Fáil	TD	1981-	TD for Sligo-Leitrim
	Damien English	1975		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Meath
	Olwyn Enright	1974		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Laois-Offaly
	James Everett	1889	1967	Labour Party	TD	1923-67
F
	Frank Fahey	1951		Fianna Fáil	TD	1982-92 1997-	TD for Galway West, Minister for the Marine & Natural Resources (2000-2002)
					Senator	1992-97
	Jackie Fahey	1928		Fianna Fáil	TD	1965-92
	Frank Fahy	1880	1953	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Pádraig Faulkner	1918		Fianna Fáil	TD
	Martin Ferris	1958		Sinn Féin	TD	2002-	TD for Kerry North
	Michael Finneran	1947		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Longford-Roscommon
	Gerry Fitt	1926	2005	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
				Independent	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 (1981-82, 1982-87)
					TD	1969-92
	Gene FitzGerald	1932		Fianna Fáil	TD
	Dermot Fitzpatrick	1940		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin Central
	Tom Fitzpatrick	1926		Fianna Fáil	TD	1965-82	TD for Dublin Central and Dublin South Central
	Tom Fitzpatrick	1918	2006	Fine Gael	TD	1965-89	Fine Gael Minister, Ceann Comhairle
	Jim Fitzsimons	1936		Fianna Fáil	MEP	1984-2004
	Oliver J. Flanagan	1920	1987	Fine Gael	TD	1943-87	Minister for Defence (1976-1977)
	Seán Flanagan	1922	1993	Fianna Fáil	TD	1951-77	Minister
					MEP	1979-89
	Seán Fleming	1958		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Laois-Offaly
	Beverley Flynn	1966		Fianna Fáil	TD	1997-99 2002-04	Daughter of Pádraig Flynn
				Independent	TD	1999-2002 2004-
	Pádraig Flynn	1939		Fianna Fáil	TD	1977-93	Minister for the Environment (1987-1991)
					Commissioner	1993-99
	Denis Foley	1934		Fianna Fáil	TD	-2002	TD for Kerry North
	Johnny Fox	1948	1995	Independent	TD	1992-96
	Mildred Fox	1971		Independent	TD	1996-
G
	Denis Gallagher	1922	2001	Fianna Fáil	TD	1973-89	Minister
	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	1948		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Donegal South West
	Roger Garland	1933		Green Party	TD		TD for Dublin South (1989-1992)
	James Geoghegan	1886	1951	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Johnny Geoghegan	1913	1975	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			Fine Gael	MEP	1994-99
	Alice Glenn	1927		Fine Gael	TD	1981-182, 1982-1987	TD for Dublin Central
	Jim Glennon	1953		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin North
	Paul Gogarty	1968		Green Party	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin Mid West
	John Gormley	1959		Green Party	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin South Central
	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	1965		PD	TD	2002-
	Tony Gregory	1947		Independent	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

[edit] Office holders, H–M

Name		Born	Died	Party	Office	Term	Notes
H
	Mary Hanafin	1959		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dún Laoghaire
	Marian Harkin	1953		Independent	TD	2002-
				Independent	MEP	2004-
	Mary Harney	1953		PD	TD		Tánaiste, Progressive Democrats leader
	Charles Haughey	1925	2006	Fianna Fáil	TD	1957-92	Taoiseach (1979-81, 1982, 1987-92)
	Seán Haughey	1961		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin North Central
	Michael Hayes	1889	1976	CnaG	TD		Ceann Comhairle (1922-1932)
	Tom Hayes	1952		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Tipperary South
	Tim Healy	1885	1931		MP		First Governor-General of the Irish Free State
	Jackie Healy-Rae	1931		Independent	TD	1997-	TD for Kerry South
	Joe Higgins	1949		Socialist	TD
	Jim Higgins	1945		Fine Gael	TD	-2002
	Michael D. Higgins	1941		Labour Party	TD		Minister Arts, Culture & Gaeltacht (1994-1997)
	Patrick Hillery	1923		Fianna Fáil	President	1976-90	Sixth President of Ireland
	Michael Hilliard	1903	1982	Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister
				Fianna Fáil	MEP
	Máire Hoctor	1963		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Tipperary North
	Patrick Hogan			Fine Gael	TD	1961-73
	Patrick Hogan	1886	1969	Labour Party	TD		Ceann Comhairle (1951-1967)
	Patrick Hogan	1891	1937	Fine Gael	TD	1921-37
	Phil Hogan	1960		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
	Brendan Howlin	1956		Labour Party	TD	1987-	Min. for Health(1993-1994), Minister for the Environment (1994-1997)
	John Hume	1937		SDLP			Leader Social Democratic and Labour Party (1979-2001)
	Gemma Hussey	1938		Fine Gael	TD		Minister for Education (1982-86)
	Douglas Hyde	1860	1949		President	1938-1945	Founder Gaelic League, first President of Ireland
	Liam Hyland	1933		Fianna Fáil	MEP	1994-2004
J
	Joe Jacob	1939		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Wicklow
	Thomas Johnson	1872	1963	Labour Party	TD		First Labour Party leader
K
	Liam Kavanagh	1935		Labour Party	TD		Minister for the Environment (1983-1986)
	Justin Keating	1930		Labour Party	TD		Minister for Industry & Commerce (1973-1977)
	Cecilia Keaveney	1968		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Donegal North East
	Paul Kehoe	1973		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Wexford
	Billy Kelleher	1968		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Cork North Central
	Peter Kelly	1944		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Longford-Roscommon
	Jim Kemmy	1936	1997	Labour Party	TD		Founder of the Democratic Socialist Party
	Enda Kenny	1951		Fine Gael	TD		TD for Mayo, Fine Gael Leader (2002-present)
	Tony Killeen	1952		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Clare
	Mark Killilea, Snr	1896	1970	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Mark Killilea, Jnr	1939		Fianna Fáil	MEP	1989-99
	Séamus Kirk	1945		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Louth
	Eamonn Kissane	unk.	1979	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Michael F. Kitt	1914	1974	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Michael P. Kitt	1950		Fianna Fáil	TD
	Tom Kitt	1952		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin South
L
	Patrick Lalor	1926		Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister for Posts & Telegraphs
				Fianna Fáil	MEP
	Liam Lawlor	1945	2005	Fianna Fáil	TD		Spent a term in jail for corruption
	Eileen Lemass	1932		Fianna Fáil	TD
	Noel Lemass, Jnr	1929	1976	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Seán Lemass	1899	1971	Fianna Fáil	TD		Taoiseach (1959-1966)
	Brian Lenihan	1930	1995	Fianna Fáil	TD	1961-73 1977-95	Minister, Tánaiste & defeated presidential candidate
	Brian Lenihan, Jnr	1959		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin West
	Conor Lenihan	1963		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin South West
	Patrick Lenihan	1902	1970	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Tom Leonard	1924	2004	Fianna Fáil	TD	1977-81 1983-87
	Patrick Little	1884	1963	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Michael Lowry	1956		Fine Gael	TD		Minister for Communications (1994-1996)
				Independent	TD	1997-
	Jack Lynch	1917	1999	Fianna Fáil	TD		Taoiseach (1966-1973 & 1977-1979)
M
	Seamus Mallon	1936		SDLP	MP		Former deputy-leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Tom Maguire	1892	1993	Sinn Féin	TD	1921-27
	Bernie Malone			Labour Party	MEP	1994-99
	Countess Markiewicz	1868	1927	Sinn Féin	TD	1918-27
	Micheál Martin	1960		Fianna Fáil	TD		TD for Cork South Central Minister for Health & Children (2002-present)
	Mary McAleese	1951		Fianna Fáil	President	1997-	Eighth President of Ireland
	Seán MacBride	1904	1988	CnaP	TD	1947-57	IRA chief, minister (1948-51),lawyer and founder member of Amnesty International
	John McCartin	1939		Fine Gael	MEP	1979-2004
	Pádraic McCormack	1942		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Galway West
	Charlie McCreevy	1949		Fianna Fáil	TD	-2004	TD for Kildare North Minister for Finance (2002-present)
	Tomás Mac Curtain	1884	1920	Sinn Féin	Councillor		Lord Mayor of Cork
	Jim McDaid	1949		Fianna Fáil	TD		TD for Donegal North East Minister for Tourism & Sport (1997-2002)
	Mary Lou McDonald	1969		Sinn Féin	MEP	2002-
	Michael McDowell	1951		PD	TD		Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform
	Seán MacEntee	1889	1984	Fianna Fáil	TD		Tánaiste (1959-1965)
	Shane McEntee	1957		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Meath
	Tom McEllistrim, Snr	1894	1973	Fianna Fáil	TD		TD for Kerry North
	Tom McEllistrim, Jnr	1932	2000	Fianna Fáil	TD		TD for Kerry North
	Tom McEllistrim III	1968		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Kerry North
	Patrick McGilligan	1889	1979	CnaG	TD		Minister for Industry & Commerce (1924-1932)
	Dinny McGinley	1945		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Donegal South West
	Tomás Mac Giolla	1924		Workers	TD		Former leader of The Workers Party
	Paul McGrath	1948		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Westmeath
	John J. McGuinness	1955		Fianna Fáil	TD		TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
	Mairead McGuinness	1959		Fine Gael	MEP	2004-
	Martin McGuinness	1950		Sinn Féin			Chief Negotiator on Belfast Agreement
	Patricia McKenna	1957		Green Party	MEP	1994-2004	MEP for Dublin
	Eoin MacNeill	1867	1945	CnaG	TD		Minister for Education (1923-1925)
	Ray MacSharry	1938		Fianna Fáil	TD		Tánaiste (1981-1982)
	Terence MacSwiney	1879	1920	Sinn Féin	Councillor		Lord Mayor of Cork
	Gay Mitchell	1951		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin South Central
	Jim Mitchell	1946	2002	Fine Gael	TD		Minister for Posts & Telegraphs (1982-1987)
	Olivia Mitchell	1947		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin South
	Bobby Molloy	1936		Fianna Fáil	TD	1965-86	Minister for Defence (1977-1979)
				PD	TD	1986-2002
	John Moloney	1953		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Laois-Offaly
	Seán Moore	1913	1986	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Seán Moylan	1888	1957	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Donal Moynihan	1941		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Cork North West
	Michael Moynihan	1917	2001	Labour Party	TD	unk.	TD for Kerry South
	Michael Moynihan	1968		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Cork North West
	Michael Mulcahy	1945		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin South Central
	Richard Mulcahy	1886	1971	Fine Gael	TD		Fine Gael leader (1944-1959)
	Gerard Murphy	1951		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Cork North West

[edit] Office holders, N–Q

Name		Born	Died	Party	Office	Term	Notes
N
	Denis Naughten	1973		Fine Gael	TD	1997-	TD for Longford-Roscommon
	Liam Naughten	1944	1996	Fine Gael	TD		TD for Longford-Roscommon
	Dan Neville	1946		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Limerick West
	M. J. Nolan	1951		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
	Tom Nolan	1921	1992	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Michael J. Noonan	1935		Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister
	Michael Noonan	1943		Fine Gael	TD		TD for Limerick East Leader (2001-2002)
	David Norris	1944		Independent	Senator		Senator, Joycean scholar and gay rights campaigner
	William Norton	1900	1960	Labour Party	TD		Tánaiste (1948-1951 & 1954-1957)
O
	Ruairí Ó Brádaigh	1932		Sinn Féin			Former leader of Sinn Féin
	Donnchadh Ó Briain	1897	1981	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Conor Cruise O'Brien	1917		Labour Party	TD	1969-79	Minister for Posts & Telegraphs (1973-1977)
	William O'Brien	1852	1928	Nationalist	MP		Irish National Land League activist
	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	1953		Sinn Féin	TD	1997-
	Daniel O'Connell	1775	1847	Catholic Association	MP		The Liberator - Leader of campaign for Catholic Emancipation
	John O'Connell	1930		Fianna Fáil	TD
	John O'Connell		1858		MP		son of nationalist leader Daniel O'Connell
	Charlie O'Connor	1946		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin South West
	Timothy O'Connor	1906	1986	Fianna Fáil	TD	1961-77	TD for Kerry South
	Éamon Ó Cuív	1950		Fianna Fáil	TD		TD for Galway West Minister for Culture, Gaeltacht & Rural Affairs (2002-present)
	Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh	1911	1978	Fianna Fáil	President	1974-76	Fifth President of Ireland
	Willie O'Dea	1952		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Limerick East
	Tomás Ó Deirg	1897	1956	Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister for Education (1932-1939)
	Denis O'Donovan	1955		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Cork South West
	Patrick O'Donnell		1970	Fine Gael	TD		Minister
	Tom O'Donnell	1926		Fine Gael	TD	1961-87	Minister (73-77)
	John O'Donoghue	1956		Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister for Arts, Tourism and Sport (2002-present)
	Martin O'Donoghue	1933		Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister for Economic Planning & Development (1977-1979)
	Fergus O'Dowd	1948		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Louth
	Seán Ó Fearghail	1960		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Kildare South
	Noel O'Flynn	1951		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Cork North Central
	Rory O'Hanlon	1934		Fianna Fáil	TD		TD for Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle
	Kevin O'Higgins	1892	1927	CnaG	TD		Minister for Home Affairs (1923-1927)
	Tom O'Higgins	1916	2003	Fine Gael	TD		Candidate Irish presidential election, 1966 & 1973
	Thomas F. O'Higgins		1953	Fine Gael	TD		Minister for Health (1948-1951)
	Batt O'Keeffe	1945		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Cork South Central
	Jim O'Keeffe	1941		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Cork South West
	Ned O'Keeffe	1942		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Cork East
	Seán T. O'Kelly	1882	1966	Fianna Fáil	President	1945-59	Second President of Ireland
	Michael O'Kennedy	1936		Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister for Foreign Affairs (1977-1979)
	John O'Leary	1933		Fianna Fáil	TD	-1997	TD for Kerry South
	Michael O'Leary	1936	2006	Labour Party	TD		Leader (1981-1982)
	Desmond O'Malley	1936		Fianna Fáil	TD		Leader of Progressive Democrats (1985-1993)
				PD	TD
	Donagh O'Malley	1921	1968	Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister for Education
	Fiona O'Malley	1968		PD	TD	2002-	Daughter of Des O'Malley
	Tim O'Malley	1944		PD	TD	2002-
	Micheál Ó Móráin	1912	1983	Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister
	Seán Ó Neachtain	1947		Fianna Fáil	MEP	2002-
	John Ormonde	1905	1981	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Mary O'Rourke	1937		Fianna Fáil	TD	-2004	Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
				Fianna Fáil	Senator	2004-
	Paddy O'Toole	1938		Fine Gael	TD		Minister
	Nora Owen	1945		Fine Gael	TD		Minister for Justice (1994-1997)
P
	Charles Stewart Parnell	1846	1891	IPP	MP	1874-91	Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party
	Ian Paisley	1926		DUP	MP		Leader Democratic Unionist Party
				DUP	MEP
				DUP	MLA
	Séamus Pattison	1936		Labour Party	TD	1961-	Ceann Comhairle (1997-2002)
					MEP	1981-83
	John Perry	1956		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Sligo-Leitrim
	George Noble Plunkett	1851	1948	Sinn Féin	MP
	Paddy Power	1928		Fianna Fáil	TD
	Peter Power	1966		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Limerick East
	Seán Power	1960		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Kildare South
Q
	Ruairí Quinn	1946		Labour Party	TD		Leader (1997-2002)

[edit] Office holders, R–Y

Name		Born	Died	Party	Office	Term	Notes
R
	Pat Rabbitte	1949		Workers Party	TD	1989-92	Leader of the Labour Party
				DL	TD	1992-97
				Labour Party	TD	1997-
	John Redmond	1856	1918	IPP	MP		Leader Irish Parliamentary Party
	Albert Reynolds	1932		Fianna Fáil	TD	-2002	Taoiseach (1992-1994)
	Michael Ring	1953		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Mayo
	Mary Robinson	1944		Labour Party	Senator		Seventh President of Ireland
					President	1990-1997
	Boyle Roche	1736	1807	unk	Mem. IHC	unk	Eighteenth century member Irish House of Commons
	Dick Roche	1947		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Wicklow
	P. J. Ruttledge	1892	1952	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Eamon Ryan	1963		Green Party	TD		TD for Dublin South
	Eoin Ryan, Jnr	1953		Fianna Fáil	Senator	1989-92	TD for Dublin South East
					TD	1992-
					MEP	2004-
	Eoin Ryan, Snr	1920	2001	Fianna Fáil	Senator	1957-87
	James Ryan	1891	1970	Sinn Féin	TD	1918-26	Minister for Finance (1957-1965)
				Fianna Fáil	TD	1926-65
					Senator	1965-69
	Richie Ryan	1929		Fine Gael	TD	1961-82	Minister for Finance (1973-1977)
					MEP
S
	Trevor Sargent	1960		Green Party	TD		Green Party Leader, TD for Dublin North
	Dana, Rosemary Scallon	1951		Independent	MEP	1999-2004	TD for Connacht/Ulster
	Mae Sexton	1955		PD	TD	2002-
	Alan Shatter	1951		Fine Gael	TD	1981-2002
	D. D. Sheehan	1873	1948	Nationalist	MP	1901-07	First independent Labour MP
				Independent	MP	1906-18
	Kathy Sinnott	1950		Independent	MEP	2004-	Disability rights campaigner
	Brendan Smith	1956		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Cavan-Monaghan
	Michael Smith	1943		Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister for Defence (1997-2004)
	Paddy Smith	1901	1982	Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister
	Dick Spring	1950		Labour Party	TD		Tánaiste (1982-1987 & 1992-1997)
	Emmet Stagg	1944		Labour Party	TD	1987-	TD for Kildare North
	David Stanton	1957		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Cork East
	Gerard Sweetman	1908	1970	Fine Gael	TD		Minister for Finance (1954-1957)
T
	Mervyn Taylor	1931		Labour Party	TD		Minister for Equality & Law Reform (1993-1997)
	Madeleine Taylor-Quinn	1951		Fine Gael	TD
	Billy Timmins	1959		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Wicklow
	Oscar Traynor	1886	1963	Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister for Posts & Telegraphs (1936)
	Noel Treacy	1951		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Galway East
	Seán Treacy	1923		Labour Party	TD	1961–1997	TD for Tipperary South
	David Trimble	1944		UUP			Former First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
	James Tully	1915	1992	Labour Party	TD		Minister for Local Government (1973-1977)
	Jim Tunney	1923	2002	Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister of State
	Joanna Tuffy	1965		Labour Party	TD	2007-	TD for Dublin Mid West
	Liam Twomey	1967		Fine Gael	TD	2002-	TD for Wexford
U
	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	1866	1963	Fianna Fáil	TD		Governor-General (1932-36/7)
W
	Dan Wallace	1942		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Cork North Central
	Mary Wallace	1959		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Meath
	Joe Walsh	1943		Fianna Fáil	TD		TD for Cork South West Minister for Agriculture
	Hon. Arthur Wellesley	1759	1852	Tory	Mem. IHC*	unk	Member of Irish House of Commons, military leader and British Prime Minister
	Ollie Wilkinson	1944		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Waterford
	John Wilson	1923		Fianna Fáil	TD		Tánaiste (1990-1992)
	Michael Woods	1935		Fianna Fáil	TD		TD for Dublin North East Minister for Education & Science (200-2002)
	G. V. Wright	1947		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002-	TD for Dublin North
Y
	Ivan Yates	1959		Fine Gael	TD		Minister for Agriculture, Food & Forestry (1994-1997)

[edit] 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	Born	Died	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
Sir Ulick Burke, 5th Earl of Clanricarde		1657	5th Earl of Clanricarde
James Butler	1610	1688	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,12th Earl of Ormonde
Roger Casement	1864	1916	Human rights campaigner turned revolutionary
Eamonn Ceannt	1881	1916	Signatory of 1916 Proclamation
Thomas J. Clarke	1857	1916	Signatory of 1916 Proclamation
James Connolly	1868	1916	Scottish-born socialist, founder of the Labour Party and Easter Rising participant
Mairead Corrigan	1944	-	Co-winner with Betty Williams of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976
Thomas D'Arcy McGee	1825	1868	Promoter of a federal union for the Canadian provinces
Patrick Darcy	1598	1668	Active during Irish Confederate Wars
Michael Davitt	1846	1906	Irish National Land League founder
Robert Emmet	1778	1803	Leader of 1803 rebellion
Lord Edward FitzGerald	1763	1798	18th Century aristocratic revolutionary
Garret Fitzgerald			The Great Earl of Kildare
Richard Martin fitz Oliver	1602	1648	Leader during Irish Confederate Wars, approx dob
Willam Joyce	1906	1946	Lord Haw-Haw, Nazi propagandist
Jim Larkin	1876	1947	Irish Labour leader
Seán Lester	1888	1959	Secretary-General of the League of Nations
Richard Martin	1754	1834	Supporter of Irish Catholic Emancipation, co-founder RSPCA
Edward Martyn	1859	1923
Seán MacBride	1904	1988	Winner of the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize and the 1976 Lenin Peace Prize
Seán Mac Diarmada	1883	1916	Signatory of 1916 Proclamation
Thomas MacDonagh	1878	1916	Signatory of 1916 Proclamation
Seán Mac Eoin	1893	1973	Candidate in Irish presidential election, 1959
Henry Joy McCracken	1767	1798	Ulster leader of 1798 rebellion
Dermot McMurrough	c.1110	1171	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	?	1198	High King of Ireland
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa	1831	1915	Veteran Fenian leader
Eoin O'Duffy	1892	1944	Leader of the Blueshirts
The O'Rahilly	1878	1916	1916 Leader
St. Laurence O'Toole	1128	1180	Archbishop of Dublin 1128-80
Earl Longford	1905	2001	Irish-born UK cabinet minister and author
Padraic Pearse	1879	1916	Easter Rising leader, poet, teacher
Joseph Mary Plunkett	1887	1916	Signatory of 1916 Proclamation
Patrick Sarsfield	c.1660	1693	Earl of Lucan - military leader
Theobald Wolfe Tone	1763	1798	Nationalist Leader
Betty Williams	1943	-	Co-winner with Mairead Corrigan of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize
T. K. Whitaker	1916	-	Architect of post-war economic development

[edit] Facts

Data as-of 30 Dec 2007

[edit] Oldest living former office-holders

• Conor Cruise O'Brien, former Minister (born 1917)
• Pádraig Faulkner, former Minister (born March 1918)
• Liam Cosgrave, former Taoiseach (born 1920)
• James Dooge, former Senator/Minister (born 1922)
• Patrick Hillery, former President (born 1923)
• Seán Treacy, former Ceann Comhairle (born 1923)

[edit] Oldest ever office-holders

• Éamon de Valera, retired as President aged 91 in 1973
• Gerald Boland, retired as Senator aged 84 in 1969
• Seán MacEntee, retired as TD aged 80 in 1969
• Maurice Hayes, retired as Senator, aged 80 in 2007
• James Everett, died as TD aged 78 in 1967
• James Ryan, retired as Senator aged 77 in 1969
• Seán T. O'Kelly, retired as President aged 77 in 1959
• Paddy Smith, retired as TD aged 76 in 1977
• Jackie Healy-Rae, current TD aged 76 in 2007

[edit] Youngest ever office-holders

• Lorcan Allen, TD aged 21y 6m in 1961
• Kathleen O'Connor, TD aged 21y, 7m in 1954
• Ivan Yates, TD aged 21y, 8m in 1981
• Mary Coughlan, TD aged 21y, 9m in 1987
• Myra Barry, TD aged 22y 6d in 1979
• John Bruton, TD aged 22y, 1m in 1969
• Paddy Smith, TD aged 22y, 2m in 1923
• Síle de Valera, TD aged 22y 6m in 1977
• Oliver J. Flanagan, TD aged 23y, 1m in 1943
• Liam Cosgrave, TD aged 23y, 2m in 1943

[edit] Earliest cabinet with members still surviving

• Costello 1954–57 – Liam Cosgrave
• Lemass 1959–61 – Patrick Hillery
• Lemass 1961–65 – Patrick Hillery
• Lemass 1965–66 – Patrick Hillery
• Lynch 1966–69 – Patrick Hillery, Pádraig Faulkner, Patrick Lalor
• Lynch 1969–73 – Patrick Hillery, Pádraig Faulkner, Patrick Lalor, Desmond O'Malley, Michael O'Kennedy, Gerard Collins, Bobby Molloy

[edit] Earliest Dáil with members still surviving

• 11th Dáil, 1943 – Liam Cosgrave
• 12th Dáil, 1944 – Liam Cosgrave
• 13th Dáil, 1948 – Liam Cosgrave
• 14th Dáil, 1951 – Liam Cosgrave, Declan Costello, Patrick Hillery
• 15th Dáil, 1954 – Liam Cosgrave, Declan Costello, Patrick Hillery
• 16th Dáil, 1957 – Liam Cosgrave, Declan Costello, Patrick Hillery, Brigid Hogan, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh

[edit] Longest lived former office-holder

Aged 91 or more at time of death:

• Gearóid O'Sullivan died 1994 aged 102+
• Tom Maguire died 1993 aged 101
• Domhnall Ua Buachalla died 1963 aged 97
• George Noble Plunkett died 1951 aged 97
• Seán MacEntee died 1984 aged 95
• Kathleen Clarke died in 1972 aged 94y 6m
• Robert Barton, died in 1975 aged 94
• Peadar O'Donnell, died in 1986 aged 93
• Patrick Finucane died in 1984 aged 93
• Kit Ahern died 2007 aged 92y 11m
• Éamon de Valera died 1975 aged 92y 10m
• Patrick Shanahan died 2000 aged 91y 11m
• Hugh Gibbons died 2007 aged 91y 4m

[edit] Longest surviving Members of the 1st Dáil

• Seán MacEntee (died 1984)
• Éamon de Valera (died Aug 29 1975)
• Robert Barton (died Aug 10 1975)
• Richard Mulcahy (died 1971)
• James Ryan (died 1970)

[edit] Longest serving Cabinet Ministers

• Seán Lemass, Minister for Industry & Commerce 19 years
• Éamon de Valera, Minister for External Affairs 16 years
• Frank Aiken, Minister for External Affairs 15 years
• James Ryan, Minister for Agriculture 15 years
• Seán MacEntee, Minister for Finance 10 years

[edit] People appointed to cabinet at the start of their first term as TD

• Alan Dukes
• Niamh Bhreathnach
• Martin O'Donoghue
• Kevin Boland
• Noel Browne

[edit] Oldest person currently in office

Politicians born before 1940:

• Jackie Healy-Rae, TD (born 1931)
• P. J. Sheehan, TD (born 1933)
• Rory O'Hanlon, TD (born Feb 1934)
• Michael Woods, TD (born Dec 1935)
• Feargal Quinn, Senator (born Nov 1936)
• Mary O'Rourke, TD (born 1937)

[edit] Youngest Person currently in office

Politicians born after 1971:

• Simon Coveney, TD (born 1972)
• Paul Kehoe, TD (born Jan 1973)
• Mark Daly, Senator (born March 1973)
• Denis Naughten, TD (born June 1973)
• Marc MacSharry, Senator (born July 1973)
• Feargal Browne, Senator (born Sep. 1973)
• Niall Blaney, TD (born Jan 1974)
• Olwyn Enright, TD (born July 1974)
• Michael McCarthy, Senator (born 1976)
• Damien English, TD (born Feb. 1978)
• John Paul Phelan, Senator (born Sep. 1978)
• Pearse Doherty, Senator (born 1979)
• Lucinda Creighton, TD (born 1980)

[edit] Oldest current Members of Government

• Séamus Brennan (born 1948)
• Éamon Ó Cuív (born 1950)
• Bertie Ahern (born 1951)
• Willie O'Dea (born 1952)

[edit] Youngest current Members of Government

• Mary Coughlan (born 1965)
• Eamon Ryan (born 1963)
• Micheál Martin (born 1960)
• Brian Cowen (born 1960)

[edit] Longest service (in one role)

See also: List of longest-serving members of Dáil Éireann

• Paddy Smith 53y 11m as TD
• Frank Aiken 49y 6m as TD
• Neil Blaney 46y 10m as TD
• Tom McEllistrim, Snr 45y 10m as TD
• Séamus Pattison 45y 8m as TD
• Seán MacEntee 45y 6m as TD
• James Ryan 45y 2m as TD
• Seán Lemass 44y 7m as TD
• James Everett 44y 4m as TD
• Oliver J. Flanagan 43y 8m as TD

[edit] Longest service (cumulative)

• Éamon de Valera 55y (TD, President)
• Paddy Smith 54y (TD)
• Frank Aiken 50y (TD)
• James Ryan 50y (TD, Senator)
• Neil Blaney 47y (TD, MEP)
• Gerald Boland 46y (TD, Senator)

[edit] Currently in office, longest service (as-of Dec 30 2007)

• Enda Kenny (elected 1975, 32y 2m, TD)
• Ruairi Quinn (elected 1976, 31y 6m, Senator/TD)
• Michael D. Higgins (elected 1973, 30y, 11m, Senator/TD)
• Bertie Ahern (elected 1977, 30y, 7m TD)
• Rory O'Hanlon (elected 1977, 30y, 7m TD)
• Séamus Brennan (elected 1977, 30y, 7m Senator/TD)
• Jim O'Keeffe (elected 1977, 30y, 7m TD)
• Mary Harney (elected 1977, 30y, 7m Senator/TD)
• Michael Woods (elected 1977, 30y, 7m TD)

[edit] Longest service as MEP

• John McCartin 25y
• Mary Banotti 20y
• Niall Andrews 20y
• Jim Fitzsimons 20y

[edit] Husband and Wife TDs in the same Dáil

• Michael O'Higgins and Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins both served in the 16th, 17th and 18th Dála.
• Alexis FitzGerald, Jnr and his wife Mary Flaherty both served in the 23rd Dáil.
• Olwyn Enright and Joe McHugh both serve in the 30th Dáil.

[edit] See also

• List of Irish people
• Families in the Oireachtas
• Father of the Dáil
• List of Taoisigh by important factssl:Seznam irskih politikov