Seán Collins | |
Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | October 1961 |
Term End: | June 1969 |
Constituency: | Cork South-West |
Term Start1: | February 1948 |
Term End1: | March 1957 |
Constituency1: | Cork West |
Party: | Fine Gael |
Birth Date: | 10 July 1918 |
Birth Place: | County Cork, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Cork, Ireland |
Relatives: | Michael Collins (uncle) |
Seán Collins (10 July 1918 – 11 April 1975) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. A barrister, Collins was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork West constituency at the 1948 general election,[1] and retained his seat in each election until losing it at the 1957 general election.[2] Collins was re-elected for the Cork South-West constituency at the 1961 general election and held his seat until again losing it at the 1969 general election, and did not stand for election again. He was a nephew of the Irish political leader Michael Collins.[3]