| Honorific-Suffix: | TD |
| Office: | Teachta Dála |
| Term Start: | February 2020 |
| Constituency: | Mayo |
| Office1: | Leader of Sinn Féin in the Seanad |
| Leader1: | Gerry Adams Mary Lou McDonald |
| Term Start1: | 11 May 2016 |
| Term End1: | 9 February 2020 |
| Predecessor1: | David Cullinane |
| Successor1: | Niall Ó Donnghaile |
| Office2: | Senator |
| Term Start2: | 27 April 2016 |
| Term End2: | 9 February 2020 |
| Constituency2: | Agricultural Panel |
| Birth Name: | Rose Conway |
| Birth Date: | [1] |
| Birth Place: | Ballycroy, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Party: | Sinn Féin |
| Children: | 2 |
| Education: | Our Lady's, Belmullet |
| Alma Mater: | NUI Galway (BA) |
Rose Conway-Walsh (; born 1969/1970) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency since the 2020 general election. She previously served as a Leader of Sinn Féin in the Seanad and a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 2016 to 2020.[2] [3]
Conway-Walsh grew up in Ballycroy, County Mayo and is one of nine children. She attended primary school in Ballycroy before attending Our Lady's Secondary School in Belmullet.[4] She moved to London when she was 19. On returning to Ireland, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in public management and a Master's degree in Local Government from NUI Galway.[5] Prior to entering politics, she worked in community development.[6]
Conway-Walsh has been a member of Sinn Féin's Ard Comhairle since 1990. She founded the Sinn Féin Mayo Women's Movement in response to the lack of women in politics.[7]
In 2009, she was elected to Mayo County Council for the Belmullet local area, becoming the first female councillor ever elected in Belmullet. She was re-elected in 2014, topping the poll and being elected on the first count.[8]
She was elected to the Seanad in 2016, topping the poll in the Agricultural Panel and being deemed elected on the first count.[9]
She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Mayo constituency at the 2011 and 2016 general elections,[10] before winning election in 2020. Conway-Walsh is the first Sinn Féin TD to represent County Mayo in almost 100 years; the last Sinn Féin TD to be elected in Mayo was John Madden in June 1927.[11]
In July 2021 she attracted criticism for comparing segregated reopening after the COVID-19 pandemic to the segregation of the American South and the struggle of Rosa Parks, for which she later apologised.[12] [13]
She is the party's spokesperson on Higher Education, Innovation, and Science.
Conway married Noel Walsh in 2000. They live in Belmullet with their two sons.[4]