Office: | Senator |
Term Start: | 8 October 1981 |
Term End: | 23 February 1983 |
Constituency: | Labour Panel |
Birth Name: | Thomas Byrne |
Birth Date: | 13 April 1934 |
Birth Place: | County Galway, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Galway, Ireland |
Party: | Fine Gael |
Alma Mater: | St Patrick's College, Dublin |
Education: | St Mary's College |
Thomas Byrne (13 April 1934 – 4 April 2006) was an Irish Fine Gael politician.
He was educated at St Mary's College, Galway, and trained as a National School teacher at St Patrick's College of Education, Drumcondra, Dublin.[1]
He stood unsuccessfully for Dáil Éireann at the 1969, 1973 and 1977 general elections.[2] He was elected to Seanad Éireann in 1981 for the Labour Panel constituency.[3] He was re-elected at the 1982 election but lost his seat at the 1983 Seanad election.[3] He was a member of Galway County Council for the Loughrea area from 1967 to 1999.