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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">John McGuinness</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">TD</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McGuinness_(official_portrait)_2020_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/John_McGuinness_%28official_portrait%29_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-John_McGuinness_%28official_portrait%29_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" 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style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Lynch" title="Ciarán Lynch">Ciarán Lynch</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(Ireland)" title="Public Accounts Committee (Ireland)">Public Accounts Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />10 March 2011 – 4 April 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Allen_(Irish_politician)" title="Bernard Allen (Irish politician)">Bernard Allen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Fleming" title="Seán Fleming">Seán Fleming</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_(Ireland)" title="Minister of State (Ireland)">Minister of State</a></th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">2007–2009</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Enterprise,_Trade_and_Employment" title="Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment">Enterprise, Trade and Employment</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/1997_Irish_general_election" title="1997 Irish general election">June 1997</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carlow%E2%80%93Kilkenny_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)">Carlow–Kilkenny</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1955-03-15</span>) </span>15 March 1955<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 69)</span><sup id="cite_ref-NealonGuide_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NealonGuide-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Kilkenny" title="Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Margaret Redmond</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1991)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yvonne_McGuinness" title="Yvonne McGuinness">Yvonne McGuinness</a> (niece)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data">Kilkenny Christian Brothers Secondary School</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_College_Cork" title="University College Cork">University College Cork</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://johnmcguinness.ie">johnmcguinness<wbr />.ie</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John James McGuinness</b> (born 15 March 1955) is an Irish <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> politician who has been a <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a> (TD) for the <a href="/wiki/Carlow%E2%80%93Kilkenny_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)">Carlow–Kilkenny</a> constituency since the <a href="/wiki/1997_Irish_general_election" title="1997 Irish general election">1997 general election</a>. He was appointed Chair of the <a href="/wiki/33rd_D%C3%A1il" title="33rd Dáil">Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach</a> in April 2016. He served as Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(Ireland)" title="Public Accounts Committee (Ireland)">Public Accounts Committee</a> from 2011 to 2016 and as a <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_(Ireland)" title="Minister of State (Ireland)">Minister of State</a> from 2007 to 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-oireachtas_db_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oireachtas_db-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McGuinness_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McGuinness was born in <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny" title="Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a> and educated in Kilkenny <a href="/wiki/Christian_Brothers_Secondary_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Brothers Secondary School">Christian Brothers Secondary School</a>. He holds a <a href="/wiki/Diploma" title="Diploma">Diploma</a> in <a href="/wiki/Business_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="Business Management">Business Management</a>. He is married to Margaret Redmond and they have three sons and one daughter. His eldest son Andrew is a Fianna Fáil <a href="/wiki/County_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="County Council">County Councillor</a> on <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny_County_Council" title="Kilkenny County Council">Kilkenny County Council</a> and served as Mayor from 2014 to 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McGuinness_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He first entered local politics in <a href="/wiki/1979_Irish_local_elections" title="1979 Irish local elections">1979</a> when he won a seat on <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilkenny Borough Council">Kilkenny Borough Council</a> and was a subsequent <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> of the city from 1996 to 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Nealon_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nealon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the third generation of his family to serve on this council. From 1991 until the abolition of the <a href="/wiki/Dual_mandate" title="Dual mandate">dual mandate</a> in 2003, he was also member of <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny_County_Council" title="Kilkenny County Council">Kilkenny County Council</a>, where his father, Michael McGuinness, was the longest-serving councillor (1959–1999).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was first elected to <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a> as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency at the <a href="/wiki/1997_Irish_general_election" title="1997 Irish general election">1997 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elecs_irl_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elecs_irl-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was vice-chairperson of the <a href="/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(Ireland)" title="Public Accounts Committee (Ireland)">Public Accounts Committee</a> in the <a href="/wiki/29th_D%C3%A1il" title="29th Dáil">29th Dáil</a> and a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committees for European Affairs, Enterprise and Small Business, Justice, and Women's Rights in the <a href="/wiki/28th_D%C3%A1il" title="28th Dáil">28th Dáil</a>. </p><p>In July 2007, he was appointed by <a href="/wiki/27th_Government_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="27th Government of Ireland">the government</a> on the nomination of <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> <a href="/wiki/Bertie_Ahern" title="Bertie Ahern">Bertie Ahern</a> as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Enterprise,_Trade_and_Employment" title="Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment">Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment</a> with responsibility for Trade and Commerce.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was re-appointed by <a href="/wiki/28th_Government_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="28th Government of Ireland">the government</a> on the nomination of Taoiseach <a href="/wiki/Brian_Cowen" title="Brian Cowen">Brian Cowen</a> to the same position on 13 May 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 22 April 2009, as part of cost-cutting measures due to the <a href="/wiki/Post-2008_Irish_economic_downturn" title="Post-2008 Irish economic downturn">Irish financial crisis</a>, the Cowen reduced the number of Ministers of State from 20 to 15. McGuinness was among the seven junior ministers who were not reappointed. </p><p>McGuinness then revealed a testy relationship with his senior minister <a href="/wiki/Mary_Coughlan_(politician)" title="Mary Coughlan (politician)">Mary Coughlan</a>, and considerable disagreement with policy in the department.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 April 2009, he criticised Coughlan and Cowen for their lack of leadership being given to the country. He said: "She's not equipped to deal with the complex issues of dealing with enterprise and business within the department. And neither is the department".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McGuinness later rejected suggestions he campaigned to undermine Coughlan, when it was revealed that he had hired external PR advice in an effort to enhance his own profile as a Minister of State within the department.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, a political memoir that he co-wrote with Naoise Nunn, called <i>The House Always Wins</i>, was published by Gill & Macmillan.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/31st_D%C3%A1il" title="31st Dáil">31st Dáil</a>, McGuinness served as Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(Ireland)" title="Public Accounts Committee (Ireland)">Public Accounts Committee</a>. He was the Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Small Business and Regulatory Framework from April 2011 to March 2016. </p><p>He declared that he would vote No in the <a href="/wiki/Thirty-fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2015 referendum</a> to allow <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/32nd_D%C3%A1il" title="32nd Dáil">32nd Dáil</a>, McGuinness served as Chair of the Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach Committee. </p><p>He chairs the Ireland-Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Association.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McGuinness_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-NealonGuide-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NealonGuide_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTim_Ryan2020" class="citation book cs1">Tim Ryan (2020). <i>Nealon's Guide to the 33rd Dáil and 26th Seanad and the 2019 Local and European Elections</i>. 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O'Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_O%27Connor_(Cork_politician)" title="James O'Connor (Cork politician)">O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_%C3%93_Cu%C3%ADv" title="Éamon Ó Cuív">Ó Cuív</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_O%27Dea" title="Willie O'Dea">O'Dea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_O%27Sullivan" title="Christopher O'Sullivan">C. O'Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_O%27Sullivan" title="Pádraig O'Sullivan">P. O'Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Rabbitte" title="Anne Rabbitte">Rabbitte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Smith_(politician)" title="Brendan Smith (politician)">Brendan Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niamh_Smyth" title="Niamh Smyth">N. Smyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Troy" title="Robert Troy">Troy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> (33)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Andrews_(politician)" title="Chris Andrews (politician)">Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Brady_(Sinn_F%C3%A9in_politician)" title="John Brady (Sinn Féin politician)">Brady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Browne_(politician)" title="Martin Browne (politician)">M. Browne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Buckley_(Irish_politician)" title="Pat Buckley (Irish politician)">Buckley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Carthy" title="Matt Carthy">Carthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorca_Clarke" title="Sorca Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Conway-Walsh" title="Rose Conway-Walsh">Conway-Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9ada_Cronin" title="Réada Cronin">Cronin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Crowe" title="Seán Crowe">S. Crowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Cullinane" title="David Cullinane">Cullinane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pa_Daly" title="Pa Daly">Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearse_Doherty" title="Pearse Doherty">Doherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Donnelly_(politician)" title="Paul Donnelly (politician)">P. Donnelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dessie_Ellis" title="Dessie Ellis">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mair%C3%A9ad_Farrell_(politician)" title="Mairéad Farrell (politician)">M. Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gould_(politician)" title="Thomas Gould (politician)">Gould</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Guirke" title="Johnny Guirke">Guirke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Kenny" title="Martin Kenny">M. Kenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Kerrane" title="Claire Kerrane">Kerrane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Mac_Lochlainn" title="Pádraig Mac Lochlainn">Mac Lochlainn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_McDonald" title="Mary Lou McDonald">McDonald</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Mitchell" title="Denise Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imelda_Munster" title="Imelda Munster">Munster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mythen" title="Johnny Mythen">Mythen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eoin_%C3%93_Broin" title="Eoin Ó Broin">Ó Broin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnchadh_%C3%93_Laoghaire" title="Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire">Ó Laoghaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruair%C3%AD_%C3%93_Murch%C3%BA" title="Ruairí Ó Murchú">Ó Murchú</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_O%27Reilly" title="Louise O'Reilly">O'Reilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_O%27Rourke" title="Darren O'Rourke">O'Rourke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aengus_%C3%93_Snodaigh" title="Aengus Ó Snodaigh">Ó Snodaigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Quinlivan" title="Maurice Quinlivan">Quinlivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Tully" title="Pauline Tully">Tully</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ward_(politician)" title="Mark Ward (politician)">Ward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> (32)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colm_Brophy" title="Colm Brophy">Brophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bruton" title="Richard Bruton">Bruton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colm_Burke" title="Colm Burke">C. Burke</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peter_Burke_(politician)" title="Peter Burke (politician)">P. Burke</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Carroll_MacNeill" title="Jennifer Carroll MacNeill">Carroll MacNeill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Cannon" title="Ciarán Cannon">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Coveney" title="Simon Coveney">Coveney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Creed" title="Michael Creed">Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Dillon" title="Alan Dillon">Dillon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paschal_Donohoe" title="Paschal Donohoe">Donohoe</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Durkan" title="Bernard Durkan">Durkan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damien_English" title="Damien English">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Farrell" title="Alan Farrell">A. Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Feighan" title="Frank Feighan">Feighan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Flanagan" title="Charles Flanagan">Flanagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Griffin_(Kerry_politician)" title="Brendan Griffin (Kerry politician)">Griffin</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Simon_Harris" title="Simon Harris">Harris</a></i>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Heydon" title="Martin Heydon">Heydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emer_Higgins" title="Emer Higgins">Higgins</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heather_Humphreys" title="Heather Humphreys">Humphreys</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Kehoe" title="Paul Kehoe">Kehoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josepha_Madigan" title="Josepha Madigan">Madigan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Helen_McEntee" title="Helen McEntee">McEntee</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hildegarde_Naughton" title="Hildegarde Naughton">Naughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kieran_O%27Donnell" title="Kieran O'Donnell">O'Donnell</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Patrick_O%27Donovan" title="Patrick O'Donovan">O'Donovan</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fergus_O%27Dowd" title="Fergus O'Dowd">O'Dowd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Phelan" title="John Paul Phelan">Phelan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neale_Richmond" title="Neale Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ring" title="Michael Ring">Ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Stanton_(politician)" title="David Stanton (politician)">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Varadkar" title="Leo Varadkar">Varadkar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Ireland)" title="Green Party (Ireland)">Green Party</a> (12)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Costello_(Irish_politician)" title="Patrick Costello (Irish politician)">Costello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Noel_Duffy" title="Francis Noel Duffy">Duffy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neasa_Hourigan" title="Neasa Hourigan">Hourigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Leddin" title="Brian Leddin">Leddin</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Martin_(politician)" title="Catherine Martin (politician)">C. Martin</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Matthews" title="Steven Matthews">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Noonan" title="Malcolm Noonan">Noonan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_O%27Brien_(politician)" title="Joe O'Brien (politician)">J. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_%C3%93_Cathasaigh" title="Marc Ó Cathasaigh">Ó Cathasaigh</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roderic_O%27Gorman" title="Roderic O'Gorman">O'Gorman</a></i>§</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eamon_Ryan" title="Eamon Ryan">E. Ryan</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossian_Smyth" title="Ossian Smyth">O. Smyth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ivana_Bacik" title="Ivana Bacik">Bacik</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Howlin" title="Brendan Howlin">Howlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Kelly_(politician)" title="Alan Kelly (politician)">Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ged_Nash" title="Ged Nash">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Sherlock" title="Seán Sherlock">Sherlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Smith_(Irish_politician)" title="Duncan Smith (Irish politician)">D. Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democrats_(Ireland)" title="Social Democrats (Ireland)">Social Democrats</a> (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Cairns" title="Holly Cairns">Cairns</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Gannon" title="Gary Gannon">Gannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Murphy_(politician)" title="Catherine Murphy (politician)">C. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cian_O%27Callaghan" title="Cian O'Callaghan">C. O'Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%B3is%C3%ADn_Shortall" title="Róisín Shortall">Shortall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Whitmore" title="Jennifer Whitmore">Whitmore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/People_Before_Profit%E2%80%93Solidarity" title="People Before Profit–Solidarity">PBP–Solidarity</a> (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Barry_(Irish_politician)" title="Mick Barry (Irish politician)">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Boyd_Barrett" title="Richard Boyd Barrett">Boyd Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gino_Kenny" title="Gino Kenny">G. Kenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Murphy_(Irish_politician)" title="Paul Murphy (Irish politician)">P. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%ADd_Smith" title="Bríd Smith">Bríd Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Ireland" title="Independent Ireland">Independent Ireland</a> (3)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Collins_(politician,_born_1968)" title="Michael Collins (politician, born 1968)">M. Collins</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fitzmaurice_(politician)" title="Michael Fitzmaurice (politician)">Fitzmaurice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_O%27Donoghue" title="Richard O'Donoghue">O'Donoghue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aont%C3%BA" title="Aontú">Aontú</a> (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peadar_T%C3%B3ib%C3%ADn" title="Peadar Tóibín">Tóibín</a>§</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Right_to_Change" title="Right to Change">Right to Change</a> (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Collins_(politician)" title="Joan Collins (politician)">J. Collins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a> (20)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cathal_Berry" title="Cathal Berry">Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Canney" title="Seán Canney">Canney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Connolly" title="Catherine Connolly">Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Fitzpatrick" title="Peter Fitzpatrick">Fitzpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Grealish" title="Noel Grealish">Grealish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Harkin" title="Marian Harkin">Harkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Healy-Rae" title="Danny Healy-Rae">D. Healy-Rae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Healy-Rae" title="Michael Healy-Rae">M. Healy-Rae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Lowry_(politician)" title="Michael Lowry (politician)">Lowry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mattie_McGrath" title="Mattie McGrath">Mattie McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_McHugh" title="Joe McHugh">McHugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_MacSharry" title="Marc MacSharry">MacSharry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verona_Murphy" title="Verona Murphy">V. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Naughten" title="Denis Naughten">Naughten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Nolan" title="Carol Nolan">Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pringle_(politician)" title="Thomas Pringle (politician)">Pringle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ryan_(politician)" title="Patricia Ryan (politician)">P. Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Shanahan_(politician)" title="Matt Shanahan (politician)">Shanahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Stanley_(politician)" title="Brian Stanley (politician)">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violet-Anne_Wynne" title="Violet-Anne Wynne">Wynne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Women" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Women</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ivana_Bacik" title="Ivana Bacik">Bacik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Butler_(politician)" title="Mary Butler (politician)">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Cairns" title="Holly Cairns">Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Carroll_MacNeill" title="Jennifer Carroll MacNeill">Carroll MacNeill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorca_Clarke" title="Sorca Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Collins_(politician)" title="Joan Collins (politician)">J. Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Connolly" title="Catherine Connolly">Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Conway-Walsh" title="Rose Conway-Walsh">Conway-Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9ada_Cronin" title="Réada Cronin">Cronin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mair%C3%A9ad_Farrell_(politician)" title="Mairéad Farrell (politician)">Farrell</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Norma_Foley" title="Norma Foley">Foley</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Harkin" title="Marian Harkin">Harkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emer_Higgins" title="Emer Higgins">Higgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neasa_Hourigan" title="Neasa Hourigan">Hourigan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heather_Humphreys" title="Heather Humphreys">Humphreys</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Kerrane" title="Claire Kerrane">Kerrane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_McDonald" title="Mary Lou McDonald">McDonald</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josepha_Madigan" title="Josepha Madigan">Madigan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Martin_(politician)" title="Catherine Martin (politician)">C. Martin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Helen_McEntee" title="Helen McEntee">McEntee</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Mitchell" title="Denise Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imelda_Munster" title="Imelda Munster">Munster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Murnane_O%27Connor" title="Jennifer Murnane O'Connor">Murnane O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Murphy_(politician)" title="Catherine Murphy (politician)">C. Murphy</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verona_Murphy" title="Verona Murphy">V. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hildegarde_Naughton" title="Hildegarde Naughton">Naughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Nolan" title="Carol Nolan">Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_O%27Reilly" title="Louise O'Reilly">O'Reilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Rabbitte" title="Anne Rabbitte">Rabbitte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ryan_(politician)" title="Patricia Ryan (politician)">P. Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%B3is%C3%ADn_Shortall" title="Róisín Shortall">Shortall</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%ADd_Smith" title="Bríd Smith">B. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niamh_Smyth" title="Niamh Smyth">N. 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T. Cosgrave">W. T. Cosgrave</a><br />(SF) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#0D8069"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Lennon_(Irish_politician)" title="James Lennon (Irish politician)">James Lennon</a><br />(SF) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#0D8069"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gear%C3%B3id_O%27Sullivan" title="Gearóid O'Sullivan">Gearóid O'Sullivan</a><br />(SF) </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:white" align="center"><i>4 seats<br />1921–1923</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td>1922 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#EB0000"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Gaffney_(politician)" title="Patrick Gaffney (politician)">Patrick Gaffney</a><br />(Lab) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#0D8069"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/W._T._Cosgrave" title="W. T. Cosgrave">W. T. Cosgrave</a><br />(PT-SF) </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; background-color:#B8860B"></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Denis_Gorey" title="Denis Gorey">Denis Gorey</a><br />(FP) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#0D8069"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gear%C3%B3id_O%27Sullivan" title="Gearóid O'Sullivan">Gearóid O'Sullivan</a><br />(PT-SF) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">4th</td> <td>1923 </td> <td rowspan="5" style="color:inherit; background-color:#EB0000"></td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Doyle_(Irish_politician)" title="Edward Doyle (Irish politician)">Edward Doyle</a><br />(Lab) </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit; background-color:#87CEFA"></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/W._T._Cosgrave" title="W. T. Cosgrave">W. T. Cosgrave</a><br />(CnaG) </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#008800"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Shelly_(Irish_politician)" title="Michael Shelly (Irish politician)">Michael Shelly</a><br />(Rep) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#87CEFA"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Gibbons" title="Seán Gibbons">Seán Gibbons</a><br />(CnaG) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> 1925 by-election</i> </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#87CEFA"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bolger_(Irish_politician)" title="Thomas Bolger (Irish politician)">Thomas Bolger</a><br />(CnaG) </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td>1927 (Jun) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#87CEFA"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denis_Gorey" title="Denis Gorey">Denis Gorey</a><br />(CnaG) </td> <td rowspan="5" style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Derrig" title="Thomas Derrig">Thomas Derrig</a><br />(FF) </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; background-color:#B8860B"></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Holohan" title="Richard Holohan">Richard Holohan</a><br />(FP) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">6th</td> <td>1927 (Sep) </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#87CEFA"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Peter_de_Loughry" title="Peter de Loughry">Peter de Loughry</a><br />(CnaG) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> 1927 by-election</i> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#87CEFA"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Denis_Gorey" title="Denis Gorey">Denis Gorey</a><br />(CnaG) </td></tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td>1932 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Humphreys" title="Francis Humphreys">Francis Humphreys</a><br />(FF) </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#87CEFA"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Desmond_FitzGerald_(politician)" title="Desmond FitzGerald (politician)">Desmond FitzGerald</a><br />(CnaG) </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Gibbons" title="Seán Gibbons">Seán Gibbons</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>8th</td> <td>1933 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#EB0000"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Pattison_(Irish_politician)" title="James Pattison (Irish politician)">James Pattison</a><br />(Lab) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#0000FF"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Holohan" title="Richard Holohan">Richard Holohan</a><br />(NCP) </td></tr> <tr> <td>9th</td> <td>1937 </td> <td colspan="10"><i>Constituency abolished. See <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)">Kilkenny</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carlow%E2%80%93Kildare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Carlow–Kildare (Dáil constituency)">Carlow–Kildare</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; max-width:95% !important; !important; white-space:normal !important;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Dáil</th> <th>Election</th> <th colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party)</th> <th colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party)</th> <th colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party)</th> <th colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party)</th> <th colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party) </th></tr> <tr> <td>13th</td> <td>1948 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#FF7F50"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Pattison_(Irish_politician)" title="James Pattison (Irish politician)">James Pattison</a><br />(NLP) </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Walsh_(Irish_politician)" title="Thomas Walsh (Irish politician)">Thomas Walsh</a><br />(FF) </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Derrig" title="Thomas Derrig">Thomas Derrig</a><br />(FF) </td> <td rowspan="6" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hughes_(politician)" title="Joseph Hughes (politician)">Joseph Hughes</a><br />(FG) </td> <td rowspan="8" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Crotty" title="Patrick Crotty">Patrick Crotty</a><br />(FG) </td></tr> <tr> <td>14th</td> <td>1951 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Humphreys" title="Francis Humphreys">Francis Humphreys</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">15th</td> <td>1954 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#EB0000"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Pattison_(Irish_politician)" title="James Pattison (Irish politician)">James Pattison</a><br />(Lab) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> 1956 by-election</i> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Medlar" title="Martin Medlar">Martin Medlar</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">16th</td> <td>1957 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Humphreys" title="Francis Humphreys">Francis Humphreys</a><br />(FF) </td> <td rowspan="7" style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gibbons_(Irish_politician)" title="Jim Gibbons (Irish politician)">Jim Gibbons</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> 1960 by-election</i> </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Teehan" title="Patrick Teehan">Patrick Teehan</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>17th</td> <td>1961 </td> <td rowspan="13" style="color:inherit; background-color:#EB0000"></td> <td rowspan="13"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Pattison" title="Séamus Pattison">Séamus Pattison</a><br />(Lab) </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Governey" title="Desmond Governey">Desmond Governey</a><br />(FG) </td></tr> <tr> <td>18th</td> <td>1965 </td> <td rowspan="5" style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Nolan_(Irish_politician)" title="Tom Nolan (Irish politician)">Tom Nolan</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>19th</td> <td>1969 </td> <td rowspan="7" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Kieran_Crotty" title="Kieran Crotty">Kieran Crotty</a><br />(FG) </td></tr> <tr> <td>20th</td> <td>1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21st</td> <td>1977 </td> <td rowspan="9" style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Liam_Aylward" title="Liam Aylward">Liam Aylward</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>22nd</td> <td>1981 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Governey" title="Desmond Governey">Desmond Governey</a><br />(FG) </td></tr> <tr> <td>23rd</td> <td>1982 (Feb) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gibbons_(Irish_politician)" title="Jim Gibbons (Irish politician)">Jim Gibbons</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>24th</td> <td>1982 (Nov) </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/M._J._Nolan" title="M. J. Nolan">M. J. Nolan</a><br />(FF) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Dowling" title="Dick Dowling">Dick Dowling</a><br />(FG) </td></tr> <tr> <td>25th</td> <td>1987 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#1251A2"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Gibbons" title="Martin Gibbons">Martin Gibbons</a><br />(PDs) </td></tr> <tr> <td>26th</td> <td>1989 </td> <td rowspan="6" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Hogan" title="Phil Hogan">Phil Hogan</a><br />(FG) </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/John_Browne_(Fine_Gael_politician)" title="John Browne (Fine Gael politician)">John Browne</a><br />(FG) </td></tr> <tr> <td>27th</td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28th</td> <td>1997 </td> <td rowspan="8" style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td rowspan="8"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">John McGuinness</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>29th</td> <td>2002 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/M._J._Nolan" title="M. J. Nolan">M. J. Nolan</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>30th</td> <td>2007 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#2FB56A"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mary_White_(Green_Party_politician)" title="Mary White (Green Party politician)">Mary White</a><br />(GP) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#008f38"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Aylward" title="Bobby Aylward">Bobby Aylward</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">31st</td> <td>2011 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#EB0000"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Phelan" title="Ann Phelan">Ann Phelan</a><br />(Lab) </td> <td rowspan="5" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Phelan" title="John Paul Phelan">John Paul Phelan</a><br />(FG) </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Deering" title="Pat Deering">Pat Deering</a><br />(FG) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> 2015 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title="Bertie Ahern">Ahern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Cowen" title="Brian Cowen">Cowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miche%C3%A1l_Martin" title="Micheál Martin">Martin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#008f38;color:white;">Deputy leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brennan_(Fianna_F%C3%A1il_politician)" title="Joseph Brennan (Fianna Fáil politician)">J. Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Colley" title="George Colley">Colley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_MacSharry" title="Ray MacSharry">MacSharry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Lenihan_Snr" title="Brian Lenihan Snr">Lenihan Snr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wilson_(Irish_politician)" title="John Wilson (Irish politician)">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertie_Ahern" title="Bertie Ahern">Ahern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_O%27Rourke" title="Mary O'Rourke">Rourke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Cowen" title="Brian Cowen">Cowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Coughlan_(politician)" title="Mary Coughlan (politician)">Coughlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Hanafin" title="Mary Hanafin">Hanafin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Lenihan_Jnr" title="Brian Lenihan Jnr">Lenihan Jnr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_%C3%93_Cu%C3%ADv" title="Éamon Ó Cuív">Ó Cuív</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dara_Calleary" title="Dara Calleary">Calleary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Chambers_(politician)" title="Jack Chambers (politician)">Chambers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#008f38;color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann"><span style="color:white;">Seanad leaders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eoin_Ryan_Snr" title="Eoin Ryan Snr">Ryan Snr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Lanigan" title="Mick Lanigan">Lanigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Fallon_(politician)" title="Seán Fallon (politician)">Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._V._Wright" title="G. V. Wright">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donie_Cassidy" title="Donie Cassidy">Cassidy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_O%27Rourke" title="Mary O'Rourke">O'Rourke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darragh_O%27Brien" title="Darragh O'Brien">O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Ardagh" title="Catherine Ardagh">Ardagh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#008f38;color:white;">Secretaries-General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Brennan" title="Séamus Brennan">S. Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Wall_(Irish_politician)" title="Frank Wall (Irish politician)">Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Farrell" title="Pat Farrell">P. Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Dorgan" title="Seán Dorgan">Dorgan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#008f38;color:white;">Leadership elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_Fianna_F%C3%A1il_leadership_election" title="1959 Fianna Fáil leadership election">1959 (Lemass)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Fianna_F%C3%A1il_leadership_election" title="1966 Fianna Fáil leadership election">1966 (Lynch)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Fianna_F%C3%A1il_leadership_election" title="1979 Fianna Fáil leadership election">1979 (Haughey)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Fianna_F%C3%A1il_leadership_election" title="1992 Fianna Fáil leadership election">1992 (Reynolds)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Fianna_F%C3%A1il_leadership_election" title="1994 Fianna Fáil leadership election">1994 (Ahern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Fianna_F%C3%A1il_leadership_election" title="2008 Fianna Fáil leadership election">2008 (Cowen)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Fianna_F%C3%A1il_leadership_election" title="2011 Fianna Fáil leadership election">2011 (Martin)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#008f38;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Category:Fianna Fáil"><span style="color:white;">Party structures</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cumann" title="Cumann">Cumann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Leader of Fianna Fáil">Leader of Fianna Fáil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardfheis" title="Ardfheis">Ardfheis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il_Front_Bench" title="Fianna Fáil Front Bench">Fianna Fáil Front Bench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%93gra_Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Ógra Fianna Fáil">Ógra Fianna Fáil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#008f38;color:white;;width:1%">Presidential candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#008f38;color:white;">Presidential candidates<br /><i>(winners in bold)</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_T._O%27Kelly" title="Seán T. O'Kelly">Seán T. O'Kelly</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/1945_Irish_presidential_election" title="1945 Irish presidential election">1945</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/1959_Irish_presidential_election" title="1959 Irish presidential election">1959</a>, <a href="/wiki/1966_Irish_presidential_election" title="1966 Irish presidential election">1966</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Erskine_Hamilton_Childers" title="Erskine Hamilton Childers">Erskine H. Childers</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/1973_Irish_presidential_election" title="1973 Irish presidential election">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Lenihan_Snr" title="Brian Lenihan Snr">Brian Lenihan Snr</a> (<a href="/wiki/1990_Irish_presidential_election" title="1990 Irish presidential election">1990</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mary_McAleese" title="Mary McAleese">Mary McAleese</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/1997_Irish_presidential_election" title="1997 Irish presidential election">1997</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#008f38;color:white;">Unopposed presidential candidates<br />with Fianna Fáil support</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hyde" title="Douglas Hyde">Douglas Hyde</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/1938_Irish_presidential_election" title="1938 Irish presidential election">1938</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_T._O%27Kelly" title="Seán T. O'Kelly">Seán T. O'Kelly</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/1952_Irish_presidential_election" title="1952 Irish presidential election">1952</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cearbhall_%C3%93_D%C3%A1laigh" title="Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh">Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/1974_Irish_presidential_election" title="1974 Irish presidential election">1974</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hillery" title="Patrick Hillery">Patrick Hillery</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/1976_Irish_presidential_election" title="1976 Irish presidential election">1976</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_Irish_presidential_election" title="1983 Irish presidential election">1983</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mary_McAleese" title="Mary McAleese">Mary McAleese</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/2004_Irish_presidential_election" title="2004 Irish presidential election">2004</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#008f38;color:white;;width:1%">Elected representatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#008f38;color:white;"><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann"><span style="color:white;">Dáil Éireann</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Browne_(Fianna_F%C3%A1il_politician)" title="James Browne (Fianna Fáil politician)">James Browne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Butler_(politician)" title="Mary Butler (politician)">Mary Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Byrne_(Meath_politician)" title="Thomas Byrne (Meath politician)">Thomas Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Cahill" title="Jackie Cahill">Jackie Cahill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dara_Calleary" title="Dara Calleary">Dara Calleary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Chambers_(politician)" title="Jack Chambers (politician)">Jack Chambers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niall_Collins" title="Niall Collins">Niall Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathal_Crowe" title="Cathal Crowe">Cathal Crowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Donnelly" title="Stephen Donnelly">Stephen Donnelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cormac_Devlin" title="Cormac Devlin">Cormac Devlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Flaherty_(politician)" title="Joe Flaherty (politician)">Joe Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Fleming" title="Seán Fleming">Seán Fleming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Foley" title="Norma Foley">Norma Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Haughey" title="Seán Haughey">Seán Haughey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lahart" title="John Lahart">John Lahart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lawless" title="James Lawless">James Lawless</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Miche%C3%A1l_Martin" title="Micheál Martin">Micheál Martin</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McAuliffe" title="Paul McAuliffe">Paul McAuliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_McConalogue" title="Charlie McConalogue">Charlie McConalogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McGrath_(Irish_politician)" title="Michael McGrath (Irish politician)">Michael McGrath</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">John McGuinness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aindrias_Moynihan" title="Aindrias Moynihan">Aindrias Moynihan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moynihan_(Cork_politician)" title="Michael Moynihan (Cork politician)">Michael Moynihan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Murnane_O%27Connor" title="Jennifer Murnane O'Connor">Jennifer Murnane O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darragh_O%27Brien" title="Darragh O'Brien">Darragh O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_O%27Callaghan" title="Jim O'Callaghan">Jim O'Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_O%27Connor_(Cork_politician)" title="James O'Connor (Cork politician)">James O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_%C3%93_Cu%C3%ADv" title="Éamon Ó Cuív">Éamon Ó Cuív</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_O%27Dea" title="Willie O'Dea">Willie O'Dea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_O%27Sullivan" title="Christopher O'Sullivan">Christopher O'Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_O%27Sullivan" title="Pádraig O'Sullivan">Pádraig O'Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Rabbitte" title="Anne Rabbitte">Anne Rabbitte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Smith_(politician)" title="Brendan Smith (politician)">Brendan Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niamh_Smyth" title="Niamh Smyth">Niamh Smyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Troy" title="Robert Troy">Robert Troy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#008f38;color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann"><span style="color:white;">Seanad Éireann</span></a></th><td 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