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Data on politicians past and present, from the Island of Ireland, both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Office holders, A-L
Office holders, M-Z
Unelected policial activists
Others
(Data from this list to be moved to the tables above)
- John Dillon (1851-1927) - Leader Irish Parliamentary Party
- John Hume (b.1937), Leader Social Democratic and Labour Party (1979-2001)
- John O'Donoghue (b.1956), Minister for Arts, Tourism and Sport (2002-present)
- John Redmond (1856-1918) - Leader Irish Parliamentary Party
- John Wilson, Tánaiste (1990-1992)
- Joseph Mary Plunkett - signatory of 1916 Proclamation
- Justin Keating (b.1930), Minister for Industry & Commerce (1973-1977)
- Kathleen Clarke (1879-1972), first female Lord-Mayor of Dublin (1939)
- Kathy Sinnott (Disability rights campaigner, MEP)
- Kevin Boland (1917-2001), Minister for Local Government
- Kevin O'Higgins (1892-1927), Minister for Home Affairs (1923-1927)
- Liam Cosgrave (b.1920), Taoiseach (1973-1977)
- Liam Kavanagh (b.1935), Minister for the Environment (1983-1986)
- Liam Lawlor (b.1945), disgraced former Fianna Fáil TD
- Lorcan Ua Tuathail/St. Laurence O'Toole, Archbishop of Dublin, 1128-80.
- Lord Edward FitzGerald - eighteenth century aristocratic revolutionary
- Marian Harkin - Independent TD (2002-2004/present?) MEP (2004-present)
- Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (b.1950), Minister for Justice (1993-1994)
- Mark Durkan (b1960), leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Martin Cullen, Minister for the Environment & Local Government (2002-present)
- Martin Ferris, Sinn Féin TD for Kerry North (2002-present)
- Martin McGuinness (b.1950), Sinn Féin Chief-Negotiator
- Martin O'Donoghue (b.1933), Minister for Economic Planning & Development (1977-1979)
- Mary Banotti (b.1939), Candidate in the Irish presidential election, 1997
- Mary Coughlan, Minister for Social & Family Affairs (2002-present)
- Mary Harney, deputy Prime Minister (Tánaiste), leader Progressive Democrats
- Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin MEP (2004-present)
- Mary McAleese (b.1951), Eighth President of Ireland (1997-present)
- Mary O'Rourke (b.1937), Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
- Mary Robinson (b.1944), Seventh President of Ireland (1990-1997)
- Mervyn Taylor (b.1931), Minister for Equality & Law Reform (1993-1997)
- Michael Collins - assassinated Chairman of the Provisional Government
- Michael D. Higgins (b.1941), Minister Arts, Culture & Gaeltacht (1994-1997)
- Michael Davitt (1846-1906) - founder of the Land League
- Michael Hayes (1889-1976), Ceann Comhairle (1922-1932)
- Michael Hilliard Fianna Fáil TD, Minister, MEP
- Michael Lowry, Minister for Communications (1994-1996)
- Michael McDowell, Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform
- Michael J. Noonan, Fianna Fáil Minister
- Michael Noonan (b.1943), Fine Gael leader (2001-2002)
- Michael O'Leary (b.1936), Irish Labour Party leader (1981-1982)
- Michael O'Kennedy (b.1936), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1977-1979)
- Michael Smith (b.1943), Minister for Defence (1997-present)
- Michael Woods (b.1935), Minister for Education & Science (200-2002)
- Micheál Martin (b.1960), Minister for Health & Children (2002-present)
- Micheál Ó Moráin Fianna Fail Minister
- Neil Blaney (1922-1995), Minister for Agriculture (1966-1970)
- Niamh Bhreathnach (b.1945), Minister for Education (1993-1997)
- Noel Browne - controversial Health Minister (1948-51)
- Noel Davern (b.1945), Minister for Education (1991-1992)
- Noel Dempsey (b.1953), Minister for Education & Science (2002-present)
- Nora Owen (b.1945), Minister for Justice (1994-1997)
- Oliver J. Flanagan (1920-1987), Minister for Defence (1976-1977)
- Oscar Traynor (1886-1963), Minister for Posts & Telegraphs (1936)
- Paddy Donegan (1923-2000), Minister for Defence (1973-1977)
- Paddy O'Toole Fine Gael Minister
- Padraic Pearse - poet, teacher and leader of the Easter Rising
- Pádraig Flynn (b.1939), Minister for the Environment (1987-1991)
- Pat Cox - Former President of the European Parliament
- Pat Rabbitte (b.1949), Irish Labour Party leader (2002-present)
- Patrick Darcy (1598-1668), active during Irish Confederate Wars
- Patrick Hillery (b.1922), Sixth President of Ireland (1976-1990)
- Patrick Hogan (1886-1969), Ceann Comhairle (1951-1967)
- Patrick Lalor Fianna Fail Minister, MEP
- Patrick McGilligan (1889-1979), Minister for Industry & Commerce (1924-1932)
- Patrick O'Donnell Fine Gael TD, Minister
- Patrick Sarsfield - Earl of Lucan - military leader
- Paddy Smith Fianna Fail Minister
- Peter Barry (b1928), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982-1987)
- Proinsias De Rossa (b.1940), Former leader of the Democratic Left
- Ray Burke (b.1943), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1997)
- Ray MacSharry (b.1938), Tánaiste (1981-1982)
- Richard Bruton (b.1953), DEputy-Leader of Fine Gael
- Richard Burke Fine Gael Minister and European Commissooner (1977-1980)
- Richard Martin, (1754-1834), supporter of Irish Catholic Emancipation, co-founder RSPCA.
- Richard Martin fitz Oliver, (c.1602-1648), leader during Irish Confederate Wars
- Richard Mulcahy (1886-1971), Fine Gael leader (1944-1959)
- Richie Ryan Fine Gael TD, Minister, MEP
- Robert Emmet - leader of 1803 rebellion
- Roger Casement - human rights campaigner turned revolutionary
- Rory O'Connor - High King of Ireland
- Rory O'Hanlon (b.1934), Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
- Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (b.1932), former leader of Sinn Féin
- Ruairí Quinn (b.1946), Irish Labour Party leader (1997-2002)
- Séamus Brennan (b.1948), Minister for Transport (2002-present)
- Seamus Mallon (b.1936), former deputy-leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Séamus Pattison (b.1936), Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (1997-2002)
- Seán Barrett (b.1944), Minister for Defence (1995-1997)
- Seán Doherty (b.1944), Minister for Justice (1982)
- Seán Flanagan Fianna Fail Minister, MEP
- Sean Lemass (1899-1971), Taoiseach (1959-1966)
- Seán Lester (1888-1959), Secretary-General of the League of Nations
- Seán Mac Diarmada - signatory of 1916 Proclamation
- Seán MacBride - IRA chief, minister (1948-51),lawyer and founder member of Amnesty International
- Seán MacEntee (1889-1984), Tánaiste (1959-1965)
- Seán MacEoin (1893-1973), Candidate in Irish presidential election, 1959.
- Seán T. O'Kelly (1882-1966), Second President of Ireland (1945-1959)
- Síle de Valera (b.1954), Minister for Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht (1997-2002)
- Sylvester Barret Fianna Fail Minister
- T.K. Whitaker - architect of post-war economic development
- Terence MacSwiney - Lord Mayor of Cork (d. 1920)
- The O'Rahilly - 1916 leader
- Thomas D'Arcy McGee, promoter of a federal union for the Canadian provinces
- Thomas F. O'Higgins, Minister for Health (1948-1951)
- Thomas J. Clarke - signatory of 1916 Proclamation
- Thomas Johnson (1872-1963), first leader of the Irish Labour Party
- Thomas MacDonagh - signatory of 1916 Proclamation
- Tim Healy (1885-1931), First Governor-General of the Irish Free State
- Tom FitzPatrick - Fine Gael Minister, Ceann Comhairle
- Tom O'Donnell Fine Gael Minister (73-77), TD (1961-1987)
- Tom O'Higgins (1916-2003), candidate Irish presidential election, 1966 & 1973
- Tomás MacCurtain - Lord Mayor of Cork (d. 1920)
- Tomás MacGiolla (b.1924), former leader of The Workers Party (Ireland)
- Tomás Ó Deirg (1897-1956), Minister for Education (1932-1939)
- Tony Gregory (b.1947), Supporter of Fianna Fáil government (1982)
- Trevor Sargent Green party leader
- Ulick Burke, 5th Earl of Clanricarde, d. 1657.
- Vivion de Valera (1910-1982), Fianna Fáil TD
- W.T. Cosgrave (1880-1965), President of the Executive Council (1923-1932)
- Willam Joyce - Lord Haw Haw - Nazi propagandist
- William Norton (1900-1960), Tánaiste (1948-1951 & 1954-1957)
- William O'Brien (1852-1928], MP - Irish Land League activist
- Wolfe Tone - nationalist leader
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