Mary Reynolds | |
Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | February 1948 |
Term End: | October 1961 |
Constituency: | Sligo–Leitrim |
Term Start2: | July 1937 |
Term End2: | February 1948 |
Constituency2: | Leitrim |
Term Start3: | February 1932 |
Term End3: | January 1933 |
Constituency3: | Leitrim–Sligo |
Birth Date: | 10 October 1889 |
Birth Place: | County Leitrim, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Leitrim, Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Spouse: | Patrick Reynolds |
Children: | 7, including Patrick J. Reynolds |
Relatives: | Gerry Reynolds (grandson) |
Mary Reynolds (10 October 1889 – 29 August 1974) was an Irish politician, farmer and grocer from County Leitrim.[1]
She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) at the 1932 general election for the Leitrim–Sligo constituency. Her husband Patrick Reynolds had been a TD for the same constituency in the 6th Dáil, but was fatally shot during the 1932 general election campaign. The election in Leitrim–Sligo was then postponed, and she won the seat, serving in the Dáil for 25 years.[2]
She lost her seat at the 1933 general election but was elected for the Leitrim constituency at the 1937 general election as a Fine Gael TD. She represented the Sligo–Leitrim constituency from 1948 until her retirement at the 1961 general election.[3]
She had seven children, including her son Patrick J. Reynolds, who was a Fine Gael TD and senator, as was his son Gerry Reynolds.