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This is an incomplete list of public-representative office-holders in Ireland, elected and appointed since 1918 up to the present day, 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 (i.e. Governors General) or historical offices such as High King of Ireland are listed in the Others section.

1 Use of the term "Irish" and "Irish politicians"
2 Political parties
3 Office-holders
4 Office holders, A–C
5 Office holders, D–G
6 Office holders, H–K
7 Office holders, L–M
8 Office holders, N–Q
9 Office holders, R–Y
10 Notable others (activists etc)
11 Party leaders
12 See also
13 References

Use of the term "Irish" and "Irish politicians"

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". In the case of Irish politicians elected prior to 1918, these are listed in the Irish Parliamentary Party's relevant categories.

Political parties

Party membership is indicated by the colour below. It is the same colour-scheme as used in all articles on Irish politics, for example: Members of the 30th Dáil.

Office-holders

Office holders, A–C

Name		Born	Died	Party	Office	Term	Notes
A
	Henry Abbott	1947		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–	Leader of Sinn Féin
	Bertie Ahern	1951		Fianna Fáil	TD	1977–	Taoiseach (1997–2008), TD for Dublin Central
	Dermot Ahern	1955		Fianna Fáil	TD	1987–	TD for Louth, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (2008–)
	Kit Ahern	1915	2007	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 (1965–69)
	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	1940		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	1977–2007	TD for Carlow–Kilkenny
					MEP	2004–	MEP for East constituency
B
	Mary Banotti	1939		Fine Gael	MEP	1984–2004	Candidate in the 1997 Irish presidential election
	Monica Barnes	1936		Fine Gael	TD	1982–2002	TD and Senator
	Michael Barrett	1927	2006	Fianna Fáil	TD	1981–92
	Seán Barrett	1944		Fine Gael	TD	1981–2002	Minister for Defence (1995–97)
	Sylvester Barrett	1926	2002	Fianna Fáil	TD	1968–87	Minister for Defence (1980–81)
					MEP	1984–89	Minister for Defence (1980–81)
	Peter Barry	1928		Fine Gael	TD	1969–97	Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982–87)
	Gerald Bartley	1898	1974	Fianna Fáil	TD	1932–65	Minister for Defence (1961–65)
	Patrick Beegan	1895	1958	Fianna Fáil	TD	1932–58
	Thomas Bellew	1943	1995	Fianna Fáil	TD	1982
	Patrick Belton	1885	1945	Fianna Fáil	TD	1933–37 1938–43
	Niamh Bhreathnach	1945		Labour Party	TD	1992–97	Minister for Education (1993–97)
	Harry Blaney	1928		Ind. FF	TD	1997–2002
	Neal Blaney	1893	1948	Fianna Fáil	TD	1927–48
	Neil Blaney	1922	1995	Fianna Fáil	TD	1948–71	Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (1966–70)
				Ind. FF	TD	1971–95
					MEP	1979–84 1989–94
	Niall Blaney	1974		Ind. FF	TD	2002–06
				Fianna Fáil	TD	2006–
	Ernest Blythe	1889	1975	Sinn Féin	TD	1918–23	Minister for Finance (1923–32)
				CnaG	TD	1923–33
				Fine Gael	Senator	1933–36
	Gerald Boland	1885	1973	Sinn Féin	TD	1923–26	Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (1933–36)
				Fianna Fáil	TD	1926–61
					Senator	1961–69
	Kevin Boland	1917	2001	Fianna Fáil	TD	1957–70	Minister for Local Government (1966–70)
	Dan Boyle	1962		Green Party	TD	2002–07	TD for Cork South Central
				Green Party	Senator	2007–
	Gerard Brady	1936		Fianna Fáil	TD	1977–92
	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	1977–92
	Pat Breen	1957		Fine Gael	TD	2002–	TD for Clare
	Joseph Brennan	1913	1980	Fianna Fáil	TD	1951–80
	Séamus Brennan	1948	2008	Fianna Fáil	Senator	1977–81	TD for Dublin South, Minister for Transport (2002–04)
					TD	1981–2008	TD for Dublin South, Minister for Transport (2002–04)
	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
	Noël Browne	1915	1997	CnaP	TD	1948–51	Minister for Health (1948–51)
				Independent	TD	1951–53
				Fianna Fáil	TD	1953–54
				Ind/NPD	TD	1957–63
				Labour Party	TD	1963–65 1969–73
				Independent	Senator	1973–77
				Ind/SLP	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 (1994–97), Party leader (1990–2001)
	Richard Bruton	1953		Fine Gael	TD	1982–	TD for Dublin North Central, Deputy leader (2002–)
	Liam Burke	1928	2005	Fine Gael	TD	1969–77 1979–89 1992–2002
	Patrick J. Burke	1904	1985	Fianna Fáil	TD	1944–73
	Ray Burke	1943		Fianna Fáil	TD	1973–97	Minister for Foreign Affairs, jailed in 2005 for tax fraud
	Richard Burke	1932		Fine Gael	TD	1969–77	Minister and European Commissioner (1977–80)
					Commissioner	1977–80 1982–84	Minister and European Commissioner (1977–80)
	Isaac Butt	1813	1879	Home Rule	MP	1874–79	Founder and leader of the Home Rule League
C
	Joe Callanan	1949		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002–07	TD for Galway East
	Johnny Callanan	1910	1982	Fianna Fáil	TD	1973–82
	Ivor Callely	1958		Fianna Fáil	TD	1989–2007	TD for Dublin North Central
				Fianna Fáil	Senator	2007–
	Pat Carey	1947		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002–	TD for Dublin North West
	John Carty	1950		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002–07	TD for Mayo
				Fianna Fáil	Senator	2007–
	Michael Carty	1916	1975	Fianna Fáil	TD	1957–73
	Donie Cassidy	1945		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002–07	TD for Westmeath
	Erskine H. Childers	1905	1974	Fianna Fáil	TD	1938–73	4th President of Ireland
					President	1973–74	4th President of Ireland
	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 (1977–81)
	George Colley	1925	1983	Fianna Fáil	TD	1961–83	Tánaiste (1977–81)
	Harry Colley	1891	1972	Fianna Fáil	TD	1944–57
	Gerry Collins	1938		Fianna Fáil	TD	1967–97	Minister for Foreign Affairs
					MEP	1994–2004	Minister for Foreign Affairs
	Michael Collins	1940		Fianna Fáil	TD	1997–2007	TD for Limerick West
	Michael Collins	1890	1922	Sinn Féin	TD	1918–22	Chairman of the Provisional Government
	Paul Connaughton	1944		Fine Gael	TD	1981–	TD for Galway East
	Brendan Corish	1918	1990	Labour Party	TD	1945–82	Labour Party leader (1960–77), Tánaiste (1973–77)
	Liam Cosgrave	1920		Fine Gael	TD	1944–81	Taoiseach (1973–77)
	W. T. Cosgrave	1880	1965	Sinn Féin	TD	1918–23	President of the Executive Council (1923–32)
				CnaG	TD	1923–33
				Fine Gael	TD	1933–44
	John A. Costello	1891	1976	Fine Gael	TD	1933–61	Taoiseach (1948–51, 1954–57)
	Cathal Coughlan	1937	1986	Fianna Fáil	TD	1983–86	TD for Donegal South West
	Clement Coughlan	1942	1983	Fianna Fáil	TD	1980–83	TD for Donegal South West
	Mary Coughlan	1965		Fianna Fáil	TD	1987–	TD for Donegal South West, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (2008–)
	Hugh Coveney	1935	1998	Fine Gael	TD	1981–87 1994–98	TD for Cork South Central
	Simon Coveney	1972		Fine Gael	TD	1998–	TD for Cork South Central
	Bernard Cowen	1932	1984	Fianna Fáil	TD	1969–84
	Brian Cowen	1960		Fianna Fáil	TD	1984–	TD for Laois–Offaly, Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader (2008–)
	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	1925	1990	Fianna Fáil	TD	1965–81
	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 Arts, Sport and Tourism (2008–)
					Senator	1989–92
					TD	1992–94
				Fianna Fáil	TD	1994–
	John Curran	1960		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002–	TD for Dublin Mid West
	Austin Currie	1939		Nationalist	Stormont MP	1964–72	Candidate in 1990 Irish presidential election
				SDLP	Mem. NI Assmb.	1973–75
				Fine Gael	TD	1989–2002
	John Cushnahan	1948		Fine Gael	MEP	1989–2004

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 (1987–89)
					Senator	1992–97	Minister for the Marine (1987–89)
	Noel Davern	1945		Fianna Fáil	TD	1969–81 1987–2007	TD for Tipperary South, Minister for Education (1991–92)
					MEP	1979–84	TD for Tipperary South, Minister for Education (1991–92)
	Austin Deasy	1936		Fine Gael	Senator	1973–77	Minister for Agriculture (1982–87)
					TD	1977–2002	Minister for Agriculture (1982–87)
	John Deasy	1967		Fine Gael	TD	2002–	TD for Waterford, son of Austin Deasy
	Jimmy Deenihan	1952		Fine Gael	TD	1987–	TD for Kerry North
	Noel Dempsey	1953		Fianna Fáil	TD	1987–	TD for Meath, Minister for Transport (2004–)
	Tony Dempsey	1944		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002–	TD for Wexford
	John Dennehy	1940		Fianna Fáil	TD	1987–	TD for Cork South Central
	Thomas Derrig	1897	1956	Fianna Fáil	TD	1921–56	Minister for Education (1932–39), Minister for Lands (1939–43)
	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 (1982–87)
					MEP	1989–94	Minister for Social Welfare (1982–87)
	Eileen Desmond	1932	2005	Labour Party	TD	1965–69 1973–87	Minister for Health, Minister for Social Welfare (1981–82)
					Senator	1969–73
					MEP	1979–81
	Éamon de Valera	1882	1975	Sinn Féin	TD	1918–26	Taoiseach (1932–48, 1951–54, 1957–59)
				Fianna Fáil	TD	1926–59
					President	1959–73
	Síle de Valera	1954		Fianna Fáil	TD	1977–81 1987–2007	TD for Clare, Minister for Arts, Heritage and 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 (1959–65)
				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	Minister for Justice (1982)
	Paddy Donegan	1923	2000	Fine Gael	TD	1954–57 1961–81	Minister for Defence (1973–77)
	James Dooge	1922		Fine Gael	Senator	1961–77 1981–87	Minister for Foreign Affairs (1981–82)
	Avril Doyle	1949		Fine Gael	MEP	1999–2009
					TD	1982–89 1992–97
	Alan Dukes	1945		Fine Gael	TD	1981–2002	Leader (1987–90)
	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–	Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
E
	John Ellis	1952		Fianna Fáil	TD	1981–2007	TD for Sligo–Leitrim
					Senator	2007–	TD for Sligo–Leitrim
	Damien English	1978		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 and Natural Resources (2000–02)
					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	Taoiseach (1981–82, 1982–87)
	Gene Fitzgerald	1932		Fianna Fáil	TD	1972–87	TD for Cork South Central
					MEP	1984–94	TD for Cork South Central
	Dermot Fitzpatrick	1940		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002–07	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 (1976–77)
	Seán Flanagan	1922	1993	Fianna Fáil	TD	1951–77	Minister for ??
					MEP	1979–89	Minister for ??
	Seán Fleming	1958		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002–	TD for Laois–Offaly
	Beverley Flynn	1966		Fianna Fáil	TD	1997–99 2002–04 2008–	Daughter of Pádraig Flynn
				Independent	TD	1999–2002 2004–08	Daughter of Pádraig Flynn
	Pádraig Flynn	1939		Fianna Fáil	TD	1977–93	Minister for the Environment (1987–91)
					Commissioner	1993–99	Minister for the Environment (1987–91)
	Denis Foley	1934		Fianna Fáil	TD	1981–2002	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 for ??
	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	1948		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002–	TD for Donegal South West
	Roger Garland	1933		Green Party	TD		TD for Dublin South (1989–92)
	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 (1993–94)
	Jim Gibbons	1924	1997	Fianna Fáil	TD	1957–82	Minister for Defence (1969–70)
	Alan Gillis			Fine Gael	MEP	1994–99
	Alice Glenn	1927		Fine Gael	TD	1981–82 1982–87	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, Minister
	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\|/Ind\|TD	2002–
	Tony Gregory	1947	2009	Independent	TD	1982–2009	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

Office holders, H–K

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
	Timothy Healy	1885	1931	I.P.P.	MP	1885-86	MP. for North Monaghan
				Healyites	MP	1892-1909	MP. for North Louth
				O'Brienites	MP	1910-18	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	2008	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

Office holders, L–M

Name		Born	Died	Party	Office	Term	Notes
L
	Patrick Lalor	1926		Fianna Fáil	TD		Minister for Posts and 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 (1959–66)
	Brian Lenihan, Snr	1930	1995	Fianna Fáil	TD	1961–73, 1977–95	Minister, Tánaiste
	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 (1994–96)
				Independent	TD	1997–
	Jack Lynch	1917	1999	Fianna Fáil	TD		Taoiseach (1966–73, 1977–79)
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
	Constance Markiewicz	1868	1927	Sinn Féin	TD	1918–27	First woman elected to British House of Commons, first Irish female cabinet minister
	Micheál Martin	1960		Fianna Fáil	TD		TD for Cork South Central Minister for Health and Children (2002–04)
	Mary McAleese	1951		Fianna Fáil	President	1997–	8th President of Ireland
	Seán MacBride	1904	1988	CnaP	TD	1947–57	IRA chief, Minister (1948–51), Lawyer and founder member of Amnesty International
	Joe McCartin	1939		Fine Gael	MEP	1979–2004
	Pádraic McCormack	1942		Fine Gael	TD	2002–	TD for Galway West
	Charlie McCreevy	1949		Fianna Fáil	TD	1977–2004	TD for Kildare North, Minister for Finance (1997–2004)
	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 and Sport (1997–2002)
	Mary Lou McDonald	1969		Sinn Féin	MEP	2002–
	Michael McDowell	1951		PD	TD		Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
	Seán MacEntee	1889	1984	Fianna Fáil	TD		Tánaiste (1959–65)
	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	1968		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002–	TD for Kerry North
	Patrick McGilligan	1889	1979	CnaG	TD		Minister for Industry and Commerce (1924–32)
	Dinny McGinley	1945		Fine Gael	TD	2002–	TD for Donegal South West
	Tomás Mac Giolla	1924	2010	Workers' Party	TD	1982–92	Leader of Workers' Party (1977–88)
	Finian McGrath	1953		Independent	TD	2002–	TD for Dublin North Central
	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 (1923–25)
	Ray MacSharry	1938		Fianna Fáil	TD		Tánaiste (1981–82)
	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 and Telegraphs (1982–87)
	Olivia Mitchell	1947		Fine Gael	TD	2002–	TD for Dublin South
	Bobby Molloy	1936		Fianna Fáil	TD	1965–86	Minister for Defence (1977–79)
				PD	TD	1986–2002
	John Moloney	1953		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002–	TD for Laois–Offaly
	Seán Moore	1913	1986	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Arthur Morgan	1954		Sinn Féin	TD	2002–	TD for Louth
	Seán Moylan	1888	1957	Fianna Fáil	TD
	Breeda Moynihan-Cronin	1953		Labour Party	TD	1992–2007	TD for Kerry South
	Donal Moynihan	1941		Fianna Fáil	TD	2002–	TD for Cork North West
	Michael Moynihan	1917	2001	Labour Party	TD		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 (1944–59)
	Eugene Mullen	unk.	unk.	Fianna Fáil	TD	1927	TD for Mayo South
	Michael Mullen			Labour Party	TD	1961–69	TD for Dublin North West, Senator from 1973–77
	Thomas Mullen		1966	Fianna Fáil	TD	1938–43	TD for Dublin County
	Thomas Mullins	1904	1978	Fianna Fáil	TD, Senator	1927–32	TD for Cork West, Senator 1957–73
	Patrick Mulvany	1861	1951	Farmers' Party	TD	1923–27	TD for Meath
	John Mulvihill	1945		Labour Party	TD	1992–97	TD for Cork East
	John Munnelly		1941	Fianna Fáil	TD	1937–41	TD for Mayo North
	Catherine Murphy	1953		Independent	TD	2005–07	TD for Kildare
	Ciarán Murphy	1940		Fianna Fáil	TD	1973–82	TD for Wicklow
	Gerard Murphy	1951		Fine Gael	TD	2002–	TD for Cork North West
	James Murphy			Cumann na nGaedhael	TD	1921–37	TD for Louth
	Jack Murphy	1920		Independent	TD	1957–58	TD for Dublin South Central
	Joseph Murphy			Independent	TD	1927–32	TD for Dublin County
	Michael Murphy	1919	2000	Labour Party	TD	1951–81	TD for Cork West, then Cork South West
	Patrick Murphy	1889	1968	Fianna Fáil	TD	1932–37	TD for Cork East
	Timothy J. Murphy		1949	Labour Party	TD	1923–49	TD for Cork West
	William Murphy	1892	1967	Fine Gael	TD	1951–57	TD for Clare
	William J. Murphy	1928		Labour Party	TD	1949–51	TD for Cork West
	James Myles			Independent	TD	1923–43	TD for Donegal, then Donegal East

Office holders, N–Q

Office holders, R–Y

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

Party leaders

Party leaders serving 10 years or more are:

References

^ While Mulcahy was a member of the Seanad in 1944, Tom O'Higgins acted as parliamentary party leader.
^ Between 1948 and 1959, John A. Costello served as parliamentary leader.

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