| Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) | |
| Location Country: | Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland |
| Affiliation: | Irish Congress of Trade Unions |
| Members: | 50,042[1] |
| Native Name: | Irish: Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann |
| Native Name Lang: | ga |
| Founded: | 1868 |
| Headquarters: | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Key People: | John Boyle (General Secretary),[2] |
| Website: | www.into.ie |
The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) (Irish: Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann), founded in 1868, is the oldest and largest teachers' trade union in Ireland. It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at primary and post-primary level in Northern Ireland. The head office is at Parnell Square, Dublin, and there is a Northern Irish office in Belfast. The current INTO President (2023–24) is Dorothy McGinley;[3] John Boyle is the General Secretary and Mark McTaggart is the Northern Secretary.[4]
The union website claimed 50,042 members (43,141 in Republic of Ireland and 6,901 in Northern Ireland) as of February 2021.[5]
1868: John O'Harte
1871: John Morrin
1877: J. W. Henly
1878: A. K. O'Farrell
1884: James Thompson
1891: M. O'Kelly
1894: J. Coffey
1898: Terence Clarke[6]
1910: Michael Doyle
1913: Eamonn Mansfield
1916: Thomas J. O'Connell
1949: D. J. Kelleher
1967: Seán Brosnahan[7]
1978: Gerry Quigley
1990: Joe O'Toole
2001: John Carr
2009: Sheila Nunan
2019: John Boyle
Next door to the union's head office on Parnell Square is Club na Múinteoirí (the Teachers' Club) which is operated by the INTO as a space for cultural and social events, including halls, meeting rooms, a bar, and a theatre in the basement.[8]