• The 13th Seanad was in office from 1973 to 1977. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1973 general...
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    53°20′26″N 6°15′14″W / 53.34055°N 6.254021°W / 53.34055; -6.254021 Seanad Éireann (/ˈʃænəd ˈɛərən, ˈʃænəð/ SHAN-əd(h) AIR-ən, Irish: [ˈʃan̪ˠəd̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ];...
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  • Michael O'Higgins (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    March 2005) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Leader of the Seanad from 1973 to 1977. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1948 to 1951 and...
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    Michael D. Higgins (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    Eamon Gilmore, who was then a UCG student. Higgins was appointed to the 13th Seanad in 1973 by Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann...
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  • Michael Yeats (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    Lemass to the 11th Seanad. In 1969 he was elected to the 12th Seanad on the Cultural and Educational Panel, and re-elected to the 13th Seanad in 1973. In 1969...
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  • Paddy O'Toole (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    Gael politician. He was nominated by the Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave to the 13th Seanad in 1973. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann on his second attempt at...
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  • Bernard Cowen (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    government was formed. Cowen, however, was subsequently elected to the 13th Seanad for the Agricultural Panel. Cowen returned to the Dáil following the...
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  • Austin Deasy (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    subsequent election to Seanad Éireann in 1973. However, he was once again unsuccessful. In spite of this, he was appointed to the Seanad as one of Taoiseach...
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  • Eoin Ryan Snr (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    executive and as vice president of Fianna Fáil. Ryan was first elected to Seanad Éireann in 1957, winning a seat on the Labour Panel, although he switched...
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    Mary Robinson (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    first female president. Robinson had previously served as a senator in Seanad Éireann from 1969 to 1989, and as a councillor on Dublin Corporation from...
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    James Dooge (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    from 1981 to 1982, Leader of the Seanad and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 1982 to 1987 and Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1973 to 1977. He...
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  • of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 6th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas. The 13th Dáil was dissolved by President Seán T. O'Kelly on...
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  • Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 13th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas. On 25 May 1977, President Patrick...
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    Ruairi Quinn (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    to 1982. In 1976, he was nominated by the Taoiseach, Liam Cosgrave, to Seanad Éireann when Brendan Halligan won a by-election in Dublin South-West and...
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  • John Boland (Fine Gael politician) (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    secure election to Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel, becoming the youngest ever Senator at the time. He was re-elected to the Seanad in 1973. Boland was...
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  • The 14th Seanad was in office from 1977 to 1981. An election to 43 of the 60 seats in Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament)...
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    Mícheál Ó Móráin The Dáil election was followed by an election to the 13th Seanad. Including Cormac Breslin (FF), returned automatically for Donegal–Leitrim...
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  • Noël Browne (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    general election, but instead won a seat in Seanad Éireann for Dublin University. He remained in the Seanad until the 1977 general election, when he gained...
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  • Roddy Connolly (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    turn eventually established People before Profit. Connolly also sat in Seanad Éireann from 1975 to 1977 on the Cultural and Educational Panel. He was...
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  • Valerie Goulding (category Members of the 14th Seanad)
    looking after people with physical disabilities. She served as a member of Seanad Éireann from 1977 to 1981. Born Valerie Hamilton Monckton, she was the only...
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    The Seanad Éireann career of Mary Robinson (Irish: Máire Mhic Róibín; née Bourke) began on 11 June 1969 and ended on 5 July 1989. Mary Robinson was elected...
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    Brian Lenihan Snr (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    out on a Dáil seat once again. In spite of this, he was elected to the Seanad for the Industrial and Commercial Panel in 1957 After four years as a senator...
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  • senators served until the close of poll for the 13th Seanad in 1973. There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five vocational panels...
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  • graduates of the National University and Dublin University elections to the 13th Seanad. The later Ninth Amendment passed in 1984 altered the text of Article...
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  • Des Hanafin (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served for over 30 years as a member of Seanad Éireann (1969–93 and 1997–2002). He opposed social liberalisation, particularly...
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  • Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    v t e « 12th Seanad «   Members of the 13th Seanad (1973–1977) » 14th Seanad » Cathaoirleach James Dooge (FG) Leader of the Seanad Michael J. O'Higgins...
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    Joe McCartin (category Members of the 13th Seanad)
    In 1973, he was elected to Seanad Éireann as a senator for the Agricultural Panel, and after his re-election to the Seanad in 1977 he was elected Leas-Chathaoirleach...
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  • Finance: Patrick McGilligan (FG) Chief Justice: Conor Maguire Dáil: 13th Seanad: 6th 22 March – The Irish Government leased a residence in the Phoenix...
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  • Finance: Patrick McGilligan (FG) Chief Justice: Conor Maguire Dáil: 13th Seanad: 6th March – The Electricity Supply Board's turf-fired power station...
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