List of members of Seanad Éireann who died in office explained

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

Free State Seanad (1922–1936)

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

Seanad Éireann (since 1937)

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

See also

• List of members of Dáil Éireann who died in office

External links

• Official list of members of the 1922 Seanad

Notes and References

1. Web site: Seanad Éireann. Death of Senator. 19 November 1926.
2. Web site: Martin Fitzgerald. Oireachtas Members Database. 29 March 2013.
3. Web site: Dermot Bourke. Oireachtas Members Database. 30 April 2009.
4. Web site: Alice Stopford Green. Oireachtas Members Database. 1 July 2009.
5. Web site: Bryan Mahon. Oireachtas Members Database. 12 October 2015.
6. Web site: Patrick W. Kenny. Oireachtas Members Database. 27 March 2013.
7. Web site: Patrick Hooper. Oireachtas Members Database. 3 April 2013.
8. News: The Irish Press 1931–1995. Obituary. 1 July 1933. Paid Archive. 1.
9. Web site: Death of a Senator. Houses of the Oireachtas. 11 July 1939. 22 January 2021.
10. Web site: Maurice George Moore. Oireachtas Members Database. 22 May 2010.
11. Web site: Patrick Keohane. Oireachtas Members Database. 1 February 2014.
12. Web site: Mac Fhionnlaoich, Peadar Toner (McGinley, Peter Toner; 'Cú Uladh') . 2023-05-02 . Dictionary of Irish Biography . en.
13. Web site: Ó Máille, Pádraig . 2023-05-02 . Dictionary of Irish Biography . en.
14. Web site: William Magennis. Oireachtas Members Database. 17 January 2009.
15. Web site: John Thomas Keane. Oireachtas Members Database. 7 February 2014.
16. Web site: Thomas Kennedy. Oireachtas Members Database. 6 January 2013.
17. Web site: Joseph Brennan. Oireachtas Members Database. 5 February 2014.
18. Web site: Seán Campbell. Oireachtas Members Database. 5 January 2013.
19. Web site: Michael Colgan. Oireachtas Members Database. 8 August 2013.
20. Web site: Mr. William Quirke. Funeral. 19 August 2012.
21. Web site: Matthew Smith. Oireachtas Members Database. 12 August 2013.
22. Web site: Andrew Clarkin. Oireachtas Members Database. 28 July 2012. 8 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181108184606/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Andrew-Sylvester-Clarkin.S.1944-08-18. live.
23. Web site: Death of Senator. Expression of Sympathy. Houses of the Oireachtas. 1 February 1956. 3 February 2014.
24. Web site: Tributes to Moylan on 50th anniversary of death. 12 November 2007. 5 January 2019. 5 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201059/https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/tributes-to-moylan-on-50th-anniversary-of-death-47715.html. live.
25. Web site: Death of Leas-Chathaoirleach: Expression of Sympathy. Houses of the Oireachtas. 29 April 1959. 17 December 2021.
26. Web site: Barniville, Henry Leo. Dictionary of Irish Biography. 16 December 2021.
27. Web site: James Martin. Oireachtas Members Database. 18 August 2013.
28. Web site: Death of Senator: Expression of Sympathy . 31 October 2020 .
29. Web site: Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 72, Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy . https://web.archive.org/web/20070507130423/http://oireachtas-debates.gov.ie/S/0072/S.0072.197202230002.html . dead . 7 May 2007 . Houses of the Oireachtas . 23 February 1972 . 12 February 2014 .
30. Web site: Cornelius O'Callaghan. Oireachtas Members Database. 28 July 2012.
31. [David McKittrick|McKittrick, David]
32. Web site: Bob Aylward. ElectionsIreland.org. 20 October 2020.
33. Web site: Denis Farrelly. Oireachtas Members Database. 11 February 2008.
34. Web site: Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy. 11 May 1988. Houses of the Oireachtas. 11 February 2008.
35. News: Obituary: Gordon Wilson. 14 September 2013. . 1995-06-28.
36. Web site: Seanad Éireann, Volume 144, 4 July 1995, Announcement by Cléireach an tSeanaid of Vacancy in the Office of Cathaoirleach . Oireachtas Official Report . 30 January 2008 . 7 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607102656/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0144/S.0144.199507040002.html . live .
37. News: Walsh. Jimmy. Details of crash given at inquest. 28 May 2021. The Irish Times. en.
38. News: Tánaiste pays tribute to late senator. Clodagh Mulvey. 24 April 2007. The Irish Times. 16 February 2008.
39. News: FF Senator Tony Kett dies after long illness. The Irish Times. 20 April 2009. 20 April 2009.
40. News: FF Senator Callanan dies in Co Cork. RTÉ News. 11 October 2009. 12 October 2009.
41. News: Senator Kieran Phelan dies suddenly. RTÉ News. 26 May 2010. 26 May 2010. 29 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100529024750/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0526/phelank.html. live.