The following is a list of members of Seanad Éireann who died in office.
Free State Seanad (1922–1936)
Member | Party | Date of death | Age at death (years) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas MacPartlin | Labour | 20 October 1923 | 43–44 | |
Stephen O'Mara | Cumann na nGaedheal | 26 July 1926[1] | 81 | |
Martin Fitzgerald | Independent | 9 March 1927[2] | 59–60 | |
Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo | Independent | 31 December 1927[3] | 76 | |
William Sears | Cumann na nGaedheal | 23 March 1929 | 60–61 | |
Alice Stopford Green | Independent | 28 May 1929[4] | 81 | |
Nugent Everard | Independent | 12 July 1929 | 79 | |
Bryan Mahon | Independent | 29 September 1930[5] | 68 | |
Patrick W. Kenny | Independent | 22 April 1931[6] | ||
Patrick Hooper | Independent | 6 September 1931[7] | ||
Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart | Independent | 29 June 1933 | 75 | |
Séamus Ryan | Fianna Fáil | 30 June 1933[8] | 37 | |
George Crosbie | Cumann na nGaedheal | 28 November 1934 | 69–70 |
Seanad Éireann (since 1937)
Member | Party | Panel/Constituency | Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Delany | Independent | Cultural and Educational | 9 July 1939[9] | 70 | ||
Maurice George Moore | Independent | Nominated by the Taoiseach | 8 September 1939[10] | 85 | ||
Patrick Keohane | Independent | Nominated by the Taoiseach | 4 December 1939[11] | 68–69 | ||
Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich | Independent | Nominated by the Taoiseach | 1 July 1942[12] | 85 | ||
Pádraic Ó Máille | Fianna Fáil | Nominated by the Taoiseach | 19 January 1946[13] | 67 | ||
William Magennis | Independent | Nominated by the Taoiseach | 30 March 1946[14] | 78 | ||
John Thomas Keane | Independent | Labour | 22 May 1946[15] | 78 | ||
Thomas Kennedy | Labour | Labour | 18 September 1947[16] | 78 | ||
Joseph Brennan | Independent | Industrial and Commercial | 1 February 1950[17] | |||
Seán Campbell | Labour | Labour | 27 February 1950[18] | 60–61 | ||
Helena Concannon | Fianna Fáil | National University | 27 February 1952 | 73 | ||
Michael Colgan | Independent | Labour | 22 June 1953[19] | |||
James Kilroy | Fianna Fáil | Agricultural | 5 January 1954 | |||
James B. Lynch | Fianna Fáil | Industrial and Commercial | 12 March 1954 | 63–65 | ||
James G. Douglas | Independent | Nominated by the Taoiseach | 16 September 1954 | 66–67 | ||
William Quirke | Fianna Fáil | Agricultural | 5 March 1955[20] | 58–59 | ||
Matthew Smith | Fianna Fáil | Industrial and Commercial | 3 November 1955[21] | |||
Andrew Clarkin | Fianna Fáil | Industrial and Commercial | 23 November 1955[22] | 53–54 | ||
James McGee | Independent | Industrial and Commercial | 19 January 1956[23] | |||
Frederick Hawkins | Independent | Labour | 2 August 1956 | |||
Seán Moylan | Fianna Fáil | Nominated by the Taoiseach | 16 November 1957[24] | 67 | ||
Patrick Baxter | Clann na Talmhan | Agricultural | 3 April 1959[25] | 67 | ||
John O'Leary | Labour | Administrative | 21 June 1959 | 64 | ||
William Fearon | Independent | Dublin University | 27 December 1959 | 57 | ||
Frank Purcell | Independent | Labour | 2 April 1960 | |||
Henry Barniville | Fine Gael | National University | 23 September 1960[26] | 73 | ||
John Donnelly Sheridan | Independent | Agricultural | 5 April 1963 | |||
Daniel Moloney | Fianna Fáil | Industrial and Commercial | 26 June 1963 | 53 | ||
Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha | Independent | Nominated by the Taoiseach | 19 November 1964 | 81 | ||
Margaret Mary Pearse | Fianna Fáil | Administrative | 7 November 1968 | 90 | ||
James Martin | Fianna Fáil | Agricultural | 3 October 1969[27] | 63–64 | ||
Owen Sheehy-Skeffington | Independent | Dublin University | 7 June 1970[28] | 61 | Heart attack | |
Jimmy Dunne | Labour | Labour | 23 February 1972[29] | 50–51 | ||
Cornelius O'Callaghan | Fianna Fáil | Agricultural | 24 January 1974[30] | 51–52 | ||
Billy Fox | Fine Gael | Cultural and Educational | 12 March 1974 | 35 | Assassination – shot during the Troubles[31] | |
Bob Aylward | Fianna Fáil | Agricultural | 18 July 1974[32] | 63 | ||
Denis Farrelly | Fine Gael | Industrial and Commercial | 12 March 1974[33] | 62 | ||
Mary Walsh | Fine Gael | Cultural and Educational | 18 August 1976 | 46 | ||
Jack Garrett | Fianna Fáil | Administrative | 11 September 1977 | 63 | ||
Jack Daly | Fine Gael | Industrial and Commercial | 5 May 1988[34] | 72 | ||
Gordon Wilson | Independent | Nominated by the Taoiseach | 27 June 1995 | 67 | Heart attack[35] | |
Seán Fallon | Fianna Fáil | Industrial and Commercial | 4 July 1995[36] | 57 | ||
Liam Naughten | Fine Gael | Agricultural | 16 November 1996 | 52 | Traffic accident[37] | |
Patrick McGowan | Fianna Fáil | Agricultural | 3 October 1999 | 73 | ||
Kate Walsh | Progressive Democrats | Nominated by the Taoiseach | 24 April 2007 | 60 | Complications from diabetes[38] | |
Tony Kett | Fianna Fáil | Administrative | 19 April 2009 | 57 | Cancer[39] | |
Peter Callanan | Fianna Fáil | Agricultural | 11 October 2009[40] | 74 | ||
Kieran Phelan | Fianna Fáil | Industrial and Commercial | 26 May 2010[41] | 60 |
See also
References
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- ^ "Dermot Bourke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ^ "Alice Stopford Green". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
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- ^ "Patrick W. Kenny". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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- ^ "John Thomas Keane". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Thomas Kennedy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ "Joseph Brennan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ "Seán Campbell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Michael Colgan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ "Mr. William Quirke". Funeral. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Matthew Smith". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "Andrew Clarkin". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ "Death of Senator. Expression of Sympathy". Houses of the Oireachtas. 1 February 1956. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Tributes to Moylan on 50th anniversary of death". 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Death of Leas-Chathaoirleach: Expression of Sympathy". Houses of the Oireachtas. 29 April 1959. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Barniville, Henry Leo". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "James Martin". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ "Death of Senator: Expression of Sympathy". Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 72, Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy". Houses of the Oireachtas. 23 February 1972. Archived from the original on 7 May 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Cornelius O'Callaghan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ McKittrick, David. Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles. Random House, 2001. pp.426–427
- ^ "Bob Aylward". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Denis Farrelly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
- ^ "Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy". Houses of the Oireachtas. 11 May 1988. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
- ^ "Obituary: Gordon Wilson". The Independent. 28 June 1995. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ "Seanad Éireann, Volume 144, 4 July 1995, Announcement by Cléireach an tSeanaid of Vacancy in the Office of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas Official Report. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
- ^ Walsh, Jimmy. "Details of crash given at inquest". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Clodagh Mulvey (24 April 2007). "Tánaiste pays tribute to late senator". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
- ^ "FF Senator Tony Kett dies after long illness". The Irish Times. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
- ^ "FF Senator Callanan dies in Co Cork". RTÉ News. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
- ^ "Senator Kieran Phelan dies suddenly". RTÉ News. 26 May 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
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