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.
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".
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.
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||