Honor Crowley
Honor Crowley | |
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Teachta Dála | |
In office December 1945 – 18 October 1966 | |
Constituency | Kerry South |
Personal details | |
Born | Honor Mary Boland (1903-10-19)19 October 1903 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 18 October 1966(1966-10-18) (aged 62) Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland |
Political party | Fianna Fáil |
Spouse | Frederick Crowley (m. 1939) |
Relations | Bridget Boland (sister) |
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Honor Mary Crowley (née Boland; 19 October 1903 – 18 October 1966) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry South constituency from 1945 to 1966.[1]
She was one of five daughters of the MP John Pius Boland, who won gold medals in Tennis at the 1896 Olympics in Athens. He was a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and represented South Kerry from 1900 until 1918.[2]
A social worker before entering politics, Crowley was first elected to the 12th Dáil at the by-election on 4 December 1945 caused by the death of her husband, Fianna Fáil TD Frederick Crowley.[3] She was re-elected at the next six general elections, and died in 1966 while still in office. She was the first woman to represent Ireland on a delegation to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, which she did between 1954 and 1957.[1]
The 1966 by-election following her death was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate, John O'Leary.[3]
Her sister Bridget Boland was a playwright.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Honor Mary Crowley". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "For the first time since 1926, FF could lose the keys to the Kingdom". Irish Examiner. 19 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Honor Crowley". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
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9th | 1937 | John Flynn (FF) | Frederick Crowley (FF) | Fionán Lynch (FG) | |||
10th | 1938 | ||||||
11th | 1943 | John Healy (FF) | |||||
12th | 1944 | ||||||
1944 by-election | Donal O'Donoghue (FF) | ||||||
1945 by-election | Honor Crowley (FF) | ||||||
13th | 1948 | John Flynn (Ind) | Patrick Palmer (FG) | ||||
14th | 1951 | ||||||
15th | 1954 | John Flynn (FF) | |||||
16th | 1957 | John Joe Rice (SF) | |||||
17th | 1961 | Timothy O'Connor (FF) | Patrick Connor (FG) | ||||
18th | 1965 | ||||||
1966 by-election | John O'Leary (FF) | ||||||
19th | 1969 | Michael Begley (FG) | |||||
20th | 1973 | ||||||
21st | 1977 | ||||||
22nd | 1981 | Michael Moynihan (Lab) | |||||
23rd | 1982 (Feb) | ||||||
24th | 1982 (Nov) | ||||||
25th | 1987 | John O'Donoghue[a] (FF) | |||||
26th | 1989 | Michael Moynihan (Lab) | |||||
27th | 1992 | Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Lab) | |||||
28th | 1997 | Jackie Healy-Rae (Ind) | |||||
29th | 2002 | ||||||
30th | 2007 | Tom Sheahan (FG) | |||||
31st | 2011 | Tom Fleming (Ind) | Michael Healy-Rae (Ind) | Brendan Griffin (FG) | |||
32nd | 2016 | Constituency abolished. See Kerry |
- ^ O'Donoghue served as Ceann Comhairle in the 30th Dáil from 2007 to 2009.
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