List of members of Seanad Éireann who died in office

The following is a list of members of Seanad Éireann who died in office.

Free State Seanad (1922–1936)

Member		Date of death	Age at death (years)
Thomas MacPartlin	Labour	20 October 1923	44
Stephen O'Mara	Cumann na nGaedheal	26 July 1926^[1]	81
Martin Fitzgerald	Independent	9 March 1927^[2]	61
Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo	Independent	31 December 1927^[3]	76
William Sears	Cumann na nGaedheal	23 March 1929	60–61
Alice Stopford Green	Independent	28 May 1929^[4]	81
Nugent Everard	Independent	12 July 1929	79
Bryan Mahon	Independent	29 September 1930^[5]	68
Patrick W. Kenny	Independent	22 April 1931^[6]	67–68
Patrick Hooper	Independent	6 September 1931^[7]	58
Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart	Independent	29 June 1933	75
Séamus Ryan	Fianna Fáil	30 June 1933^[8]	37
George Crosbie	Cumann na nGaedheal	27 November 1934	70

Seanad Éireann (since 1937)

Member		Panel/Constituency	Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause
Thomas Delany	Independent	Cultural and Educational	9 July 1939^[9]	70–71
Maurice George Moore	Independent	Nominated by the Taoiseach	8 September 1939^[10]	85
Patrick Keohane	Independent	Nominated by the Taoiseach	4 December 1939^[11]	68–69
Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich	Independent	Nominated by the Taoiseach	1 July 1942^[12]	85
Pádraic Ó Máille	Fianna Fáil	Nominated by the Taoiseach	19 January 1946^[13]	67
William Magennis	Independent	Nominated by the Taoiseach	30 March 1946^[14]	78
John Thomas Keane	Independent	Labour	22 May 1946^[15]
Thomas Kennedy	Labour	Labour	18 September 1947^[16]	59–60
Joseph Brennan	Independent	Industrial and Commercial	1 February 1950^[17]
Seán Campbell	Labour	Labour	27 February 1950^[18]	60
Helena Concannon	Fianna Fáil	National University	27 February 1952	73
Michael Colgan	Independent	Labour	22 June 1953^[19]
James Kilroy	Fianna Fáil	Agricultural	5 January 1954	63–64
James B. Lynch	Fianna Fáil	Industrial and Commercial	12 March 1954	64–65
James G. Douglas	Independent	Nominated by the Taoiseach	16 September 1954	67
William Quirke	Fianna Fáil	Agricultural	5 March 1955^[20]	58–59
Matthew Smith	Fianna Fáil	Industrial and Commercial	3 November 1955^[21]
Andrew Clarkin	Fianna Fáil	Industrial and Commercial	23 November 1955^[22]	63–64
James McGee	Independent	Industrial and Commercial	19 January 1956^[23]	70
Frederick Hawkins	Independent	Labour	2 August 1956
Seán Moylan	Fianna Fáil	Nominated by the Taoiseach	16 November 1957^[24]	67
Patrick Baxter	Clann na Talmhan	Agricultural	3 April 1959^[25]	67
John O'Leary	Labour	Administrative	21 June 1959	64
William Fearon	Independent	Dublin University	27 December 1959	67
Frank Purcell	Independent	Labour	2 April 1960
Henry Barniville	Fine Gael	National University	23 September 1960^[26]	73
John Donnelly Sheridan	Independent	Agricultural	5 April 1963
Daniel Moloney	Fianna Fáil	Industrial and Commercial	26 June 1963	53
Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha	Independent	Nominated by the Taoiseach	19 November 1964	81
Margaret Mary Pearse	Fianna Fáil	Administrative	7 November 1968	90
James Martin	Fianna Fáil	Agricultural	3 October 1969^[27]	63–64
Owen Sheehy-Skeffington	Independent	Dublin University	7 June 1970^[28]	61	Heart attack
Jimmy Dunne	Labour	Labour	23 February 1972^[29]	50–51
Cornelius O'Callaghan	Fianna Fáil	Agricultural	24 January 1974^[30]	51–52
Billy Fox	Fine Gael	Cultural and Educational	12 March 1974	35	Assassination – shot during the Troubles^[31]
Bob Aylward	Fianna Fáil	Agricultural	18 July 1974^[32]	63
Denis Farrelly	Fine Gael	Industrial and Commercial	27 December 1974^[33]	62
Mary Walsh	Fine Gael	Cultural and Educational	18 August 1976	46
Jack Garrett	Fianna Fáil	Administrative	11 September 1977	63
Jack Daly	Fine Gael	Industrial and Commercial	5 May 1988^[34]	72
Gordon Wilson	Independent	Nominated by the Taoiseach	27 June 1995	67	Heart attack^[35]
Seán Fallon	Fianna Fáil	Industrial and Commercial	4 July 1995^[36]	57
Liam Naughten	Fine Gael	Agricultural	16 November 1996	52	Traffic accident^[37]
Patrick McGowan	Fianna Fáil	Agricultural	3 October 1999	73
Kate Walsh	Progressive Democrats	Nominated by the Taoiseach	24 April 2007	60	Complications from diabetes^[38]
Tony Kett	Fianna Fáil	Administrative	19 April 2009	57	Cancer^[39]
Peter Callanan	Fianna Fáil	Agricultural	11 October 2009^[40]	74
Kieran Phelan	Fianna Fáil	Industrial and Commercial	26 May 2010^[41]	60

References

^ "Death of Senator". Seanad Éireann. 19 November 1926.
^ "Martin Fitzgerald". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
^ "Dermot Bourke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
^ "Alice Stopford Green". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
^ "Bryan Mahon". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ "Patrick W. Kenny". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
^ "Patrick Hooper". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ "Obituary". The Irish Press 1931–1995. Paid Archive. 1 July 1933. p. 1.
^ "Death of a Senator". Houses of the Oireachtas. 11 July 1939. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Maurice George Moore". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
^ "Patrick Keohane". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ "Mac Fhionnlaoich, Peadar Toner (McGinley, Peter Toner; 'Cú Uladh')". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ "Ó Máille, Pádraig". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ "William Magennis". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
^ "John Thomas Keane". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ "Thomas Kennedy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
^ "Joseph Brennan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^ "Seán Campbell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
^ "Michael Colgan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
^ "Mr. William Quirke". Funeral. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
^ "Matthew Smith". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
^ "Andrew Clarkin". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
^ "Death of Senator. Expression of Sympathy". Houses of the Oireachtas. 1 February 1956. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
^ "Tributes to Moylan on 50th anniversary of death". 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^ "Death of Leas-Chathaoirleach: Expression of Sympathy". Houses of the Oireachtas. 29 April 1959. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ "Barniville, Henry Leo". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ "James Martin". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
^ "Death of Senator: Expression of Sympathy". Retrieved 31 October 2020.
^ "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 72, Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy". Houses of the Oireachtas. 23 February 1972. Archived from the original on 7 May 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
^ "Cornelius O'Callaghan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
^ McKittrick, David. Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles. Random House, 2001. pp.426–427
^ "Bob Aylward". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ "Denis Farrelly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
^ "Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy". Houses of the Oireachtas. 11 May 1988. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
^ "Obituary: Gordon Wilson". The Independent. 28 June 1995. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
^ "Seanad Éireann, Volume 144, 4 July 1995, Announcement by Cléireach an tSeanaid of Vacancy in the Office of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas Official Report. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
^ Walsh, Jimmy. "Details of crash given at inquest". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ Clodagh Mulvey (24 April 2007). "Tánaiste pays tribute to late senator". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
^ "FF Senator Tony Kett dies after long illness". The Irish Times. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
^ "FF Senator Callanan dies in Co Cork". RTÉ News. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
^ "Senator Kieran Phelan dies suddenly". RTÉ News. 26 May 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.

External links

Official list of members of the 1922 Seanad

[1] "Death of Senator". Seanad Éireann. 19 November 1926.

[2] "Martin Fitzgerald". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 29 March 2013.

[3] "Dermot Bourke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 30 April 2009.

[4] "Alice Stopford Green". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 July 2009.

[5] "Bryan Mahon". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[6] "Patrick W. Kenny". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 27 March 2013.

[7] "Patrick Hooper". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

[8] "Obituary". The Irish Press 1931–1995. Paid Archive. 1 July 1933. p. 1.

[9] "Death of a Senator". Houses of the Oireachtas. 11 July 1939. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[10] "Maurice George Moore". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

[11] "Patrick Keohane". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

[12] "Mac Fhionnlaoich, Peadar Toner (McGinley, Peter Toner; 'Cú Uladh')". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[13] "Ó Máille, Pádraig". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[14] "William Magennis". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 17 January 2009.

[15] "John Thomas Keane". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

[16] "Thomas Kennedy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

[17] "Joseph Brennan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

[18] "Seán Campbell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

[19] "Michael Colgan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

[20] "Mr. William Quirke". Funeral. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

[21] "Matthew Smith". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

[22] "Andrew Clarkin". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

[23] "Death of Senator. Expression of Sympathy". Houses of the Oireachtas. 1 February 1956. Retrieved 3 February 2014.

[24] "Tributes to Moylan on 50th anniversary of death". 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

[25] "Death of Leas-Chathaoirleach: Expression of Sympathy". Houses of the Oireachtas. 29 April 1959. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[26] "Barniville, Henry Leo". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[27] "James Martin". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

[28] "Death of Senator: Expression of Sympathy". Retrieved 31 October 2020.

[29] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 72, Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy". Houses of the Oireachtas. 23 February 1972. Archived from the original on 7 May 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

[30] "Cornelius O'Callaghan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

[31] McKittrick, David. Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles. Random House, 2001. pp.426–427

[32] "Bob Aylward". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

[33] "Denis Farrelly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 11 February 2008.

[34] "Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy". Houses of the Oireachtas. 11 May 1988. Retrieved 11 February 2008.

[35] "Obituary: Gordon Wilson". The Independent. 28 June 1995. Retrieved 14 September 2013.

[36] "Seanad Éireann, Volume 144, 4 July 1995, Announcement by Cléireach an tSeanaid of Vacancy in the Office of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas Official Report. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2008.

[37] Walsh, Jimmy. "Details of crash given at inquest". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[38] Clodagh Mulvey (24 April 2007). "Tánaiste pays tribute to late senator". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 February 2008.

[39] "FF Senator Tony Kett dies after long illness". The Irish Times. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.

[40] "FF Senator Callanan dies in Co Cork". RTÉ News. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2009.

[41] "Senator Kieran Phelan dies suddenly". RTÉ News. 26 May 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.

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List of members of Seanad Éireann who died in office

Free State Seanad (1922–1936)

Seanad Éireann (since 1937)

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