Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll
Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll | |
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Collins-O'Driscoll as she appeared in a 1933 piece of election material | |
Teachta Dála | |
In office August 1923 – January 1933 | |
Constituency | Dublin North |
Personal details | |
Born | Margaret Mary Collins (1876-08-18)18 August 1876 Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland |
Died | 17 June 1945(1945-06-17) (aged 68) Cabra, Dublin, Ireland |
Political party | Cumann na nGaedheal |
Spouse | Patrick O'Driscoll (m. 1901) |
Children | 14 |
Relatives |
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Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (18 August 1876 – 17 June 1945) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency from 1923 to 1933.
Early life
Margaret Mary Collins was born in Woodfield, Clonakilty, County Cork, on 18 August 1876.[1] The eldest of three daughters and five sons of Michael Collins, a farmer, and Mary Anne O'Brien.[2] She was the eldest sister of the Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins. She was educated at Baggot Street Training College and was a schoolteacher and school principal before entering politics.[3] A primary-school teacher, for many years she was principal of Lisavaird girls' national school in Clonakilty, and also taught in Dublin.[2]
Politics
She was the first female Cumann na nGaedheal TD. In 1926 she was elected a vice-president of the party, and was the only female member of the Dáil between September 1927 and February 1932.[2]
She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD for the Dublin North constituency at the 1923 general election.[4] Socially conversative, she voted in favour of the 1928 Censorship of Publications bill, which banned indecent literature and publications that referred to birth control; and she voted with the government in favour of the 1924 and 1927 juries bills, which restricted jury service for women.[2]
She was re-elected at each subsequent election until she lost her seat at the 1933 general election.[5]
Family
She married Patrick O'Driscoll on 8 September 1901 at Rosscarbery's Roman Catholic chapel in County Cork. The couple had 14 children: five sons and nine daughters.[2]
Actress Dervla Kirwan is a great-granddaughter of the O'Driscolls.[6]
References
- ^ "Births registered in the District of Rosscarbery in the Union of Clonakilty" (PDF). IrishGenealogy.ie. October 1876. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Coleman, Marie. "O'Driscoll, Margaret Collins-". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll". Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics (QUB). Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- ^ "Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ^ "Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ^ "Dervla Kirwan | Who Do You Think You Are? | Ancestry.co.uk". www.ancestry.co.uk.
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||||||
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4th | 1923 | Alfie Byrne (Ind) | Francis Cahill (CnaG) | Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (CnaG) | Seán McGarry (CnaG) | William Hewat (BP) | Richard Mulcahy (CnaG) | Seán T. O'Kelly (Rep) | Ernie O'Malley (Rep) | ||||||||
1925 by-election | Patrick Leonard (CnaG) | Oscar Traynor (Rep) | |||||||||||||||
5th | 1927 (Jun) | John Byrne (CnaG) | Oscar Traynor (SF) | Denis Cullen (Lab) | Seán T. O'Kelly (FF) | Kathleen Clarke (FF) | |||||||||||
6th | 1927 (Sep) | Eamonn Cooney (FF) | James Larkin (IWL) | Patrick Leonard (CnaG) | |||||||||||||
1928 by-election | Vincent Rice (CnaG) | ||||||||||||||||
1929 by-election | Thomas F. O'Higgins (CnaG) | ||||||||||||||||
7th | 1932 | Alfie Byrne (Ind) | Cormac Breathnach (FF) | Oscar Traynor (FF) | |||||||||||||
8th | 1933 | Patrick Belton (CnaG) | Vincent Rice (CnaG) | ||||||||||||||
9th | 1937 | Constituency abolished. See Dublin North-East and Dublin North-West |
Note that the boundaries of Dublin North from 1981–2016 share no common territory with the 1923–1937 boundaries. See §Boundaries
Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
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22nd | 1981 | Ray Burke (FF) | John Boland (FG) | Nora Owen (FG) | 3 seats 1981–1992 | ||||
23rd | 1982 (Feb) | ||||||||
24th | 1982 (Nov) | ||||||||
25th | 1987 | G. V. Wright (FF) | |||||||
26th | 1989 | Nora Owen (FG) | Seán Ryan (Lab) | ||||||
27th | 1992 | Trevor Sargent (GP) | |||||||
28th | 1997 | G. V. Wright (FF) | |||||||
1998 by-election | Seán Ryan (Lab) | ||||||||
29th | 2002 | Jim Glennon (FF) | |||||||
30th | 2007 | James Reilly (FG) | Michael Kennedy (FF) | Darragh O'Brien (FF) | |||||
31st | 2011 | Alan Farrell (FG) | Brendan Ryan (Lab) | Clare Daly (SP) | |||||
32nd | 2016 | Constituency abolished. See Dublin Fingal |