FAMILIES IN THE OIREACHTAS

There is a tradition in Irish politics of having family members succeed each other, frequently in the same parliamentary seat. This article lists 'families' where two or more members of that family have been members (TD or Senator) of either of the houses of the 'Oireachtas' (Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann) or of the European Parliament.
For the purposes of this list, a "family" has been defined as a group of people where each person has one of the following relationships to at least one of the other people listed:

★ son, daughter, grandson or granddaughter

★ father, mother, grandfather or grandmother

★ nephew, niece, grandnephew or grandniece

★ uncle, aunt, great uncle or great aunt

★ first cousin

★ spouse (husband or wife)

★ connected by marriage ("-in-law" relationships)
In accordance with Wikipedia's rules, only family relationships have been included.
The list has been indexed against the name of the first family member to enter the Oireachtas.

Contents

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

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T

U

W

Y

See also

Sources

Notes

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★ Bertie 'Ahern' (born 1951): FF TD Dublin Central 1977–

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★ his brother Noel 'Ahern' (born 1944): FF TD Dublin North West 1992–

★ David 'Andrews' (born 1936): FF TD Dún Laoghaire 1965–2002 (son of Todd Andrews, a FF founder)

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★ his son Barry 'Andrews' (born 1967): FF TD Dún Laoghaire 2002–

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★ his brother Niall 'Andrews' (1937–2006): FF TD Dublin South 1977–1987

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★ his son Chris 'Andrews': FF TD Dublin South East 2007–

★ Bob 'Aylward' (1911–1974): FF Senator 1973–1977

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★ his son Liam 'Aylward' (born 1952): FF TD Carlow-Kilkenny 1977–2007

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★ his son Bobby 'Aylward': FF TD Carlow-Kilkenny 2007–

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★ Anthony 'Barry' (1901–1983): FG TD Cork 1954–1957, 1961–1965

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★ his son Peter 'Barry' (born 1928): FG TD Cork City South East/Cork City/Cork South Central 1969–1997

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★ Peter's daughter Deirdre 'Clune' (born 1959): FG TD Cork South Central 1997–2002, 2007–

★ Paddy 'Belton': FG TD Dublin 1927–1943

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★ his son Dick 'Belton' (1913–1974): Senator 12th Seanad

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★ his daughter Avril 'Doyle' (born 1949): FG TD/MEP Wexford

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★ his son Jack 'Belton' (–1963): FG TD Dublin North East 1948–1963

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★ his son Paddy 'Belton' (1926–1987): FG TD Dublin North East 1963–1977

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★ cousin? Luke 'Belton' (1918–2006): FG TD/Senator Dublin North Central 1965–1987

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★ cousin? Louis 'Belton' (born 1943): FG TD/Senator Longford/Roscommon/Westmeath 1989–2002

★ Neal 'Blaney' (1893–1948): FF TD Donegal 1927–1937, Donegal East 1937–1938 and 1943–1944; FF Senator 1938–1943

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★ Neal's son Neil 'Blaney' (1922–1995): FF/Ind. FF TD Donegal East/Donegal North East/Donegal 1948–1995

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★ Neal's son Harry 'Blaney' (born 1928): Ind. FF TD Donegal North East 1997–2002

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★ Harry's son Niall 'Blaney' (born 1974): Ind. FF/FF TD Donegal North East 2002–

★ Harry 'Boland' (1887–1922): SF TD Roscommon South 1918–1922

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★ his brother Gerald 'Boland' (1885–1973): FF TD/Senator Roscommon 1926–1961

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★ Gerald's son Kevin 'Boland' (1917–2001): FF TD Dublin County 1957–1973

★ Philip 'Brady' (1898–1995): FF TD Dublin South Central 1951–1977

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★ his son Gerard 'Brady' (born 1936): FF TD Dublin Rathmines West/Dublin South East 1977–1992

★ Thomas 'Brennan' (died 1953): FF TD Wicklow 1944–1954

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★ his son Paudge 'Brennan' (1922–1998): FF TD Wicklow 1954–1973, 1981–1982, 1982–1987; Senator 1982^[1]

★ Martin 'Brennan' (1903–1956): FF TD Sligo 1938–1948

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★ his nephew Matt 'Brennan' (born 1936): FF TD Sligo-Leitrim 1982–2002

★ Robert 'Briscoe' (1894–1969): FF TD Dublin 1927–1965

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★ his son Ben 'Briscoe' (born 1934): FF TD Dublin 1965–2002

★ Cathal 'Brugha' (1874–1922): SF TD Waterford 1918–1922

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★ his wife Caitlín 'Brugha' (1879–1959): SF TD Waterford 1923–1927

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★ his son Ruairí 'Brugha' (1917–2006): FF TD Dublin County South 1973–1977

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★ his father-in-law Terence 'MacSwiney' (1879–1920): SF TD Cork Mid 1918–1920

★ John 'Bruton' (born 1947): FG TD Meath 1969–2004

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★ his brother Richard 'Bruton' (born 1953): FG Senator 1981–1982; TD Dublin North Central 1982–

★ Patrick J. 'Burke' (1904–1985): FF TD Dublin County North 1969–1973

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★ his son Ray 'Burke' (born 1943): FF TD Dublin North 1973–1997

★ James 'Burke' (–1964): FG TD Roscommon 1951–1964

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★ his wife Joan 'Burke' (born 1928): FG TD Roscommon 1964–1981

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★ Johnny 'Callanan' (1910–1982): FF TD Clare-Galway South/Galway/Galway East 1973–1982

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★ his nephew Joe 'Callanan' (born 1949): FF TD Galway East 2000–2007

★ Phelim 'Calleary' (1895–1974): FF TD Mayo North 1952–1969

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★ his grandson Dara 'Calleary': FF TD Mayo 2007–

★ Henry 'Colley' (1891–1972): FF TD Dublin North East 1944–1957

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★ his son George 'Colley' (1925–1983): FF TD Dublin North East/North Central/Clontarf/Central 1961–1983

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★ his grand-daughter Anne 'Colley' (born 1951): PD TD Dublin South 1987–1989

★ James 'Collins' (1900–1967): FF TD Limerick 1948–1967

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★ his son Gerard 'Collins' (born 1938): FF TD Limerick 1967–1997

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★ his son Michael ' Collins' (born 1940): FF TD Limerick West 1997–2007

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★ his grandson Niall 'Collins': FF TD Limerick West 2007–

★ Michael 'Collins' (1890–1922): SF TD Cork South 1918–1922

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★ his sister Margaret 'Collins-O'Driscoll' (1878–1945): CnaG TD Dublin North 1923–1933

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★ his grandneice Nora 'Owen' (born 1945): FG TD Dublin North 1981–2002

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★ his grandneice Mary 'Banotti' (born 1939): FG MEP Dublin 1984–2004

★ Johnny 'Connor' (–1955): CnaP TD Kerry North 1954–1955

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★ his daughter Kathleen 'O'Connor' (born 1934): CnaP TD Kerry North 1956–1957

★ Richard 'Corish' (1889–1945): Lab TD Wexford 1921–1945

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★ his son Brendan 'Corish' (1918–1990): Lab TD Wexford 1945–1982

★ W. T. 'Cosgrave' (1880–1965): CnaG/FG TD Carlow-Kilkenny 1919–1927, Cork Borough 1927–1944

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★ his brother Philip 'Cosgrave' (–1923): CnaG TD Dublin North West/Dublin South 1921–1927

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★ his son Liam 'Cosgrave' (born 1920): FG TD Dublin County 1943–1948, Dún Laoghaire 1948–1981

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★ his grandson Liam T. 'Cosgrave' (born 1956): FG TD Dún Laoghaire 1981–1987; FG Senator 1989–2002

★ Clement 'Coughlan' (1942–1983): FF TD Donegal South West 1980–1983

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★ his brother Cathal 'Coughlan' (1937–1986): FF TD Donegal South West 1983–1986

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★ Cathal's daughter Mary 'Coughlan' ( born 1965): FF TD Donegal South West 1987–

★ Hugh 'Coveney' (1935–1998): FG TD Cork South Central 1981–1998

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★ his son Simon 'Coveney' (born 1972): FG TD Cork South Central 1998–

★ Bernard 'Cowen' (1932–1984): FF TD Laois-Offaly 1969–1984

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★ his son Brian 'Cowen' (born 1960): FF TD Laois-Offaly 1984–

★ Donal 'Creed': FG TD Cork North West 1965–1989

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★ his son Michael 'Creed' (born 1963): FG TD Cork North West 19897–2002,2007–

★ Frederick 'Crowley' (–1945): FF TD Kerry South 1927–1945

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★ his wife Honor 'Crowley' (1903–1966): FF TD Kerry South 1945–1966

★ Florence 'Crowley' (1934–1997): FF TD Cork 1965–1982, Senator

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★ his son Brian 'Crowley' (born 1964): FF Senator 1992–1994 MEP Munster 1994–

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★ Michael 'Davern' (1900–1973): FF TD Tipperary South 1948–1965

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★ his son Don 'Davern' (1935–1968): FF TD Tipperary South 1965–1968

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★ his son Noel 'Davern' (born 1945): FF TD Tipperary South 1969–2007

★ Dan 'Desmond' (1913–1964): Lab TD Cork South East, 1948–1964

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★ his wife Eileen 'Desmond' (1932–2005): Lab TD Cork South Central 1965–1987

★ Éamon 'de Valera' (1882–1975): FF TD Clare 1919–1959

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★ his son Vivion 'de Valera' (1910–1982): FF TD Dublin North West 1944–1981

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★ his granddaughter Síle 'de Valera' (born 1954): FF TD Dublin County Mid 1977–1981, Clare 1987–2007

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★ his grandson Éamon 'Ó Cuív' (born 1950): FF Senator 1989–1992; FF TD Galway West 1992–

★ Austin 'Deasy' (born 1936): FG TD Waterford, 1977–2002

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★ his son John 'Deasy' (born 1967): FG TD Waterford, 2002–

★ John 'Dillon' (1851–1927): IPP MP Tipperary 1880–1918

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★ his son James 'Dillon' (1902–1986): NCP/FG TD Donegal/Monaghan 1932–1969

★ John 'Dinneen': Farmers TD Cork East 1922–1927

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★ his nephew Liam 'Ahern' (1916–1974): Senator 1957–1973; TD Cork North East 1973–1974

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★ his son Michael 'Ahern' (born 1949): TD Cork East 1982–

★ Sir Maurice 'Dockrell' (1850–1929): Unionist MP Rathmines 1918–1922

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★ Maurice's son Henry Morgan 'Dockrell' (1880–1955): FG TD Dublin County 1932–1948

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★ Henry's son Maurice E. 'Dockrell' (1908–1986): FG TD Dublin South/Dublin South Central/Dublin Central 1943–1977

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★ Henry's son Percy 'Dockrell' (1914–1979): FG TD Dún Laoghaire 1951–1957, 1961–1977

★ Michael 'Donnellan' (1900–1964): CnaT TD Galway 1938–1964

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★ his son John 'Donnellan' (born 1937): FG TD Galway 1964–1989

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★ Tom 'Enright' (born 1940): FG TD Laois-Offaly 1969–1992, 1997–2002; FG Senator 1993–1997

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★ his daughter Olwyn 'Enright' (born 1974): FG TD Laois-Offaly 2002–

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★ her husband Joe 'McHugh' (born 1971): FG Senator 2002–2007; FG TD Donegal North East 2007–

★ Sir Thomas 'Esmonde' (1862–1935): Independent Senator 1922–1934

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★ his son Sir Osmond 'Esmonde' (1896–1936): CnaG TD Wexford 1923–1936

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★ his son-in-law Sir Anthony 'Esmonde' (1899–1981): FG TD Wexford 1951–1973

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★ his brother Sir John Lymbrick 'Esmonde' (1893–1958): FG TD Wexford 1937–1951

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★ his son Sir John Grattan 'Esmonde' (1928–1987): FG TD Wexford 1973–1977

★ James 'Everett' (1894–1967): Lab TD Wicklow 1923–1967

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★ his nephew Liam 'Kavanagh' (born 1935): Lab TD Wicklow 1969–1997

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★ Alexis 'FitzGerald', Snr (1916–1985): FG Senator 1969–1981

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★ his nephew Alexis 'FitzGerald', Jnr (born 1945): FG Senator 1981–1982, 1982–1997; FG TD Dublin South East 1982

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★ Alexis Jnr's wife Mary 'Flaherty' (born 1953): FG TD Dublin North West 1981–1997

★ Desmond 'FitzGerald' (1888–1947): CnaG TD 1919–1937; Senator 1938–1943

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★ his son Garret 'FitzGerald' (born 1926): FG Senator 1965–1969; FG TD Dublin South East 1969–1992

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★ Garret's daughter-in-law Eithne 'FitzGerald' (born 1950): Lab TD Dublin South 1992–1997

★ Oliver J. 'Flanagan' (1920–1987): FG TD Laois-Offaly 1943–1987

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★ his son Charles 'Flanagan' (born 1956): FG TD Laois-Offaly 1987–2002, 2007–

★ Pádraig 'Flynn' (born 1939): FF TD Mayo West 1977–1993

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★ his daughter Beverley 'Flynn' (born 1966): FF/Independent TD Mayo 1997–

★ Johnny 'Fox' (1948–1995): Independent TD Wicklow 1992–1995

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★ his daughter, Mildred 'Fox' (born 1971): Independent TD Wicklow 1995–2007

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★ John 'Galvin' (1907–1963): FF TD Cork Borough 1956–1964

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★ his wife Sheila 'Galvin' (1914–1983): FF TD Cork Borough 1964–1965

★ Johnny 'Geoghegan' (1913–1975): FF TD Galway West 1954–1975

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★ his daughter Máire 'Geoghegan-Quinn' (born 1950): FF TD Galway West 1975–1997

★ Seán 'Gibbons' (1883–1952): CnaG TD Carlow-Kilkenny 1923–1924; FF TD Carlow-Kilkenny 1932–1937; FF Senator 1938–1951

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★ his nephew Jim 'Gibbons' (1924–1997): FF TD Carlow-Kilkenny 1957–1981, 1982

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★ Jim's son Martin 'Gibbons' (born 1953): PD TD Carlow-Kilkenny 1987–1989

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★ Jim's son Jim 'Gibbons', Jnr (born 1954): PD Senator 1997–2002

★ T. P. 'Gill' (1858–1931): Irish Parliamentary Party/Anti-Parnellite MP South Louth 1885–1892;

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★ his nephew Tomás 'Mac Giolla' (born 1924): Workers Party TD Dublin West 1982–1992

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★ Des 'Hanafin' (born 1930): FF Senator 1965–1993, 1997–2002

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★ his daughter Mary 'Hanafin' (born 1959): FF TD Dún Laoghaire 1997–

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★ his son John Gerard 'Hanafin' (born 1960): FF Senator 2002–

★ Sir William 'Hickie' (1865–1950): Senator 1925–1936

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★ his grand-nephew Maurice 'O'Connell' (born 1936): Senator 1981–1983

★ Michael 'Hilliard' (1903–1982): FF TD Meath-Westmeath 1943–1948, Meath 1948–1973

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★ his son Colm 'Hilliard' (1936–2002): FF TD Meath 1982–1997

★ T.V. 'Honan' (died 1954): FF Senator 1934–1936, 1938–1954

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★ his son Dermot 'Honan' (died 1986): FF Senator 1965–1973

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★ Dermot's wife Tras 'Honan' (born 1930): FF Senator 1977–1992

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★ Tras's sister Carrie 'Acheson' (born 1934): FF TD Tipperary South 1981–Feb. 1982

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★ Patrick 'Keaveney' (1929–1995): IFF TD Donegal North East 1976–1977

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★ his daughter Cecilia 'Keaveney' (born 1968): FF TD Donegal North East 1996–2007, FF Senator 2007–

★ Henry 'Kenny' (1913–1975): FG TD Mayo South 1954–1969, Mayo West 1969–1975

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★ his son Enda 'Kenny' (born 1951): FG TD Mayo West 1975–1997, Mayo 1997–

★ Mark 'Killilea', Snr (1896–1970): FF TD Galway/Galway East/Galway North 1927–1932, 1933–1961; FF Senator 1961–1969

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★ his son Mark 'Killilea', Jnr (born 1939): FF TD 1977–1982; FF Senator 1969–1977, 1982–1987; MEP 1987–1999

★ Michael F. 'Kitt' (1914–1974): FF TD 1948–1951, 1957–1975

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★ Michael F.'s son Michael P. 'Kitt' (born 1950): FF TD Galway North East 1973–1977, Galway East 1981–2002, 2007–; FF Senator 1977–1981, 2002–2007

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★ Michael F.'s son Tom 'Kitt' (born 1952): FF TD 1987–

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★ Michael F.'s daughter Áine 'Brady' (born 1959): FF TD Kildare North 2007–

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★ her husband Gerry 'Brady': FF TD Kildare 1982

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★ Seán 'Lemass' (1899–1971): FF TD/Taoiseach Dublin 1924–1969

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★ his son Noel 'Lemass', Jnr (1929–1976): FF TD Dublin South West 1956–1976

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★ his wife Eileen 'Lemass' (born 1932): FF TD Dublin South West 1976–1987

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★ his son-in-law Charles 'Haughey' (1925–2006): FF TD/Taoiseach Dublin North East/Dublin (Artane)/Dublin North Central 1957–1992

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★ his son Seán 'Haughey' (born 1961): FF Senator 1989–1992; FF TD Dublin North Central 1992–

★ Patrick 'Lenihan' (1902–1970): FF TD 1965–1970

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★ his son Brian 'Lenihan' (1930–1995): FF Senator 1957–1961, 1973–1977; FF TD Roscommon 1961–1969, Roscommon-Leitrim 1969–1973, Dublin West 1977–1997

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★ Brian's son Brian 'Lenihan', Jnr (born 1959): FF Dublin West 1997–

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★ Brian's son Conor 'Lenihan' (born 1963): FF TD Dublin South West 1997–

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★ his daughter Mary 'O'Rourke' (born 1937): FF Senator 1981–1982, 2002–2007; FF TD Longford-Westmeath 1982–1997 2007–, Westmeath 1997–2002

★ Patrick 'Little' (1884–1963): FF TD Waterford 1927–1954

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★ his grandnephew Ciarán 'Cuffe' (born 1963): GP TD Dún Laoghaire 2002–

★ James B. 'Lynch' (–1954): FF TD Dublin South 1932–1948 Senator 1951–1954

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★ his wife Celia 'Lynch' (1908–1989): FF TD Dublin South 1954–1977

★ Kathleen 'Lynch' (born 1953): DL/Lab TD Cork North Central 1994–1997, 2002–

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★ her brother-in-law Ciarán 'Lynch' (born 1964): Lab TD Cork South Central 2007–

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★ Seán 'MacEntee' (1889–1984): SF TD Monaghan 1919–1922; FF TD Dublin County/Townships/South East 1927–1969

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★ his son-in-law Conor Cruise 'O'Brien' (born 1917): Lab TD Dublin North East 1969–1977; Senator 1977–1979

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★ Conor's cousin Owen 'Sheehy-Skeffington' (1901–1970): Independent Senator 1954–1957, 1965–1970

★ Eoin 'MacNeill' (1867–1945): SF/CnaG TD National University of Ireland 1919–1927

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★ his grandson Michael 'McDowell' (born 1951): PD TD Dublin South East 1987–1989, 1992–1997, 2002–2007

★ Tom 'McEllistrim' Sr (1894–1973): FF TD Kerry North 1923–1969

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★ his son Tom 'McEllistrim', Jnr (1932–2000): FF TD Kerry North 1969–1987; Senator 1987–1989; 1989–1992

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★ his grandson Tom 'McEllistrim' III (born 1968): FF TD Kerry North 2002–

★ Ray 'MacSharry' (born 1938): FF TD Sligo-Leitrim 1969–1988

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★ his son Marc 'MacSharry' (born 1973): FF Senator 2002–

★ Terence 'MacSwiney' (1879–1920): SF TD Cork Mid 1919–1920

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★ his sister Mary 'MacSwiney' (1872–1942): SF TD Cork Borough 1921–1927

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★ his son-in-law Ruari 'Brugha' (1917–2006): FF TD Dublin County South 1973–1977

★ Jim 'Mitchell' (1946–2002): FG TD Dublin Ballyfermot/Dublin West/Dublin Central 1977–2002

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★ his brother Gay 'Mitchell' (born 1951): FG TD Dublin South Central 1981–2007

★ Michael 'Moynihan' (1917–2001): Lab TD Kerry South 1981–1992

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★ his daughter Breeda 'Moynihan Cronin' (born 1953): Lab TD Kerry South 1992–2007

★ Michael Pat 'Murphy' (1919–2000) Lab TD Cork South West 1951–1981

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★ his son-in-law John 'O'Donoghue' FF (born 1956) TD Kerry South 1987–

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★ Liam 'Naughten' (1944–1996): FG Senator 1981–1982, 1989–1996; FG TD Roscommon 1982–1989

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★ his son Denis 'Naughten' (born 1973): FG Senator 1997; FG TD Longford-Roscommon 1997–2007 Roscommon-South Leitrim 2007–

★ Tom 'Nolan': (1921–1992): FF TD Carlow-Kilkenny 1965–1982

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★ his son M. J. 'Nolan' (born 1951): FF TD Carlow-Kilkenny 1982–

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★ Richard 'O'Connell' (1892–1964): FG TD Limerick 1923–1931

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★ his nephew Tom 'O'Donnell' (born 1926): FG TD Limerick East 1961–1987

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★ Tom's nephew Kieran 'O'Donnell': FG TD Limerick East 2007–

★ 'O'Connor' – see 'Connor' above

★ Kevin 'O'Higgins' (1892–1927): FG TD Laois-Offaly 1918–1927

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★ his daughter Una O'Higgins O'Malley's son Chris 'O'Malley' (born 1959): FG MEP 1986–1988

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★ his brother Thomas F. 'O'Higgins' (died 1953): FG TD Dublin, Laois-Offaly, Cork 1929–1953

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★ Thomas's son Tom 'O'Higgins' (1916–2003): FG TD Laois-Offaly, 1943–1973

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★ Thomas's son Michael 'O'Higgins' (1917–2005): FG TD Dublin South West, Wicklow 1948–1969

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★ Michael's wife Brigid 'Hogan O'Higgins' (born 1932): FG TD Galway 1957–1977

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★ her father Patrick 'Hogan' (1891–1936): FG TD Galway 1921–1936

★ Donagh 'O'Malley' (1921–1968): FF TD Limerick East 1954–1968

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★ his nephew Desmond 'O'Malley' (born 1939): FF/PD TD Limerick East 1968–2002

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★ Desmond's daughter Fiona 'O'Malley' (born 1968): PD TD Dún Laoghaire 2002–2007, Senator 2007–

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★ Desmond's cousin Patrick 'O'Malley' (born 1943): PD TD Dublin West 1987–1989

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★ Desmond's first cousin Tim 'O'Malley' (born 1944): PD TD Limerick East 2002–2007

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★ James 'Pattison' (1886–1963): Lab TD Carlow-Kilkenny 1933–1957

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★ his son Séamus 'Pattison' (born 1936): Lab TD Carlow-Kilkenny 1961–2007

★ Margaret 'Pearse' (1857–1932): SF TD Dublin County 1921–1922; (mother of Patrick Pearse)

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★ her daughter Margaret M. 'Pearse' (1878–1968): FF TD Dublin County 1932–1937; Senator 1937–1968.

★ Paddy 'Power' (born 1928): FF TD Kildare 1969–1989

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★ his son Seán 'Power' (born 1960): FF TD Kildare/Kildare South 1989–

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★ Ruairi 'Quinn' (born 1946): Lab TD/Senator Dublin South East 1977–1981, 1982–

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★ his first cousin Feargal 'Quinn' (born 1936): Independent Senator 1993–

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★ William 'Redmond' (1886–1932): IPP/National League/CnaG TD Waterford 1918–1932 (son of John Redmond)

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★ his wife Bridget 'Redmond (1905–1952): CnaG TD Waterford 1932–1952

★ Patrick 'Reynolds' (1887–1932): CnaG TD Leitrim-Sligo 1927–1932

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★ his wife Mary 'Reynolds' (1889–1974): FG TD Leitrim-Sligo 1932–1961

★ Eamon 'Rice' (1873–1937): FF TD Monaghan 1932–1937

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★ his wife Bridget 'Rice' (1885–1967): FF TD Monaghan 1938–1954

★ James 'Ryan' (1891–1970): SF TD 1918–1922; Republican TD 1923–1926; FF TD 1926–1965

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★ his son Eoin 'Ryan' (1920–2001): FF Senator 1957–1981

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★ his grandson Eoin 'Ryan' (born 1953): FF Senator, MEP, TD Dublin South East 1992–2007

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★ his brother-in-law Seán T. O'Kelly SF & Republican TD 1918–1932; FF Minister 1932–1945; 2nd President 1945–1959.

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★ his brother-in-law Richard Mulcahy CnaG & FG TD, Minister and Senator 1918-61.

★ Martin 'Ryan' (1900–1943): FF TD Tipperary 1933–1943

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★ his wife Mary 'Ryan' (1898–1981): FF TD Tipperary 1948–1961

★ Seán 'Ryan' (born 1943): Lab TD Dublin North 1989–1997,1998–2007

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★ his brother Brendan 'Ryan': Lab Senator 2007–

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★ Dan 'Spring' (1910–1988): Lab TD Kerry North 1943–1981

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★ his son Dick 'Spring' (born 1950): Lab TD Kerry North 1981–2002

★ Joe 'Sherlock' (born 1935): Lab TD Cork East 1981–1993; 1997–2007; Seanad 1993–1997.

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★ his son Seán 'Sherlock': Lab TD Cork East 2007–

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★ Frank 'Taylor' (1914–1989): FG TD Clare 1969–1981

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★ his daughter Madeleine 'Taylor-Quinn' (born 1951): FG TD Clare 1981–1982, 1982–1992; FG Senator 1982, 1993–2002

★ Godfrey 'Timmins' (1927–2001): FG TD Wicklow 1965–1997

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★ his son Billy 'Timmins' (born 1959): FG TD Wicklow 1997–

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★ Pat 'Upton' (1944–1999): Lab Senator 1989–1992; Lab TD Dublin South Central 1992–1999

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★ his sister Mary 'Upton' (born 1946): Lab TD Dublin South Central 1999–

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★ John 'Wilson' (born 1923): FF TD Cavan 1973–1977, Cavan-Monaghan 1977–1992

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★ his nephew Diarmuid 'Wilson' (born 1965): FF Senator 2002–

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★ William Butler 'Yeats' (1865–1939): Independent Senator 1922–1928

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★ his son Michael 'Yeats' (1921–2007): FF Senator 1951–1977

See also

★ List of Irish politicians

Sources

★ ElectionsIreland.org

★ Oireachtas members database

★ Politics.ie Wiki

Notes

1. For evidence of family connection, see speech by Paudge Brennan in the Dáil Éireann debates, Volume 246, 8th May 1970, on the Nomination of Members of Government