Members of the 14th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 14th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1977, after the 1977 general election and served until the close of poll for the 15th Seanad in 1981.

Composition of the 14th Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. 43 Senators are elected by the Vocational panels, 6 elected by the Universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.

The following table shows the composition by party when the 14th Seanad first met on 27 October 1977.

Origin Party		Admin Panel	Agri Panel	Cult & Educ Panel	Ind & Comm Panel	Labour Panel	NUI	U Dublin	Nominated	Total
	Fianna Fáil	4	5	2	4	5	0	0	9	29
	Fine Gael	3	5	2	4	4	0	0	0	18
	Labour Party	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	6
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	7
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

List of senators

• Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics

Name	Panel	Party		Notes
Liam Burke	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 21st Dáil at a by-election on 6 November 1979[1]
Micheál Cranitch	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Jack Garrett	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Died on 11 September 1977[2]
Tras Honan	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Thomas Kilbride	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Michael P. Kitt	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
Myles Staunton	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Michael Donnelly	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 7 December 1977, following the death of Jack Garrett[4]
Jim Doolan	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad at a by-election in April 1980, following the election of Liam Burke to the Dáil[5]
Pierce Butler	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Paul Connaughton	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
John Ellis	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
Justin Keating	Agricultural Panel		Labour Party
Rory Kiely	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Gerard Lynch	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Joe McCartin	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Elected as Leas-Chathaoirleach on 2 November 1977[6] Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
Charles McDonald	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Patrick McGowan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Martin O'Toole	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
William Ryan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Richard Conroy	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick Cooney	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
Flor Crowley	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
Timothy McAuliffe	Cultural and Educational Panel		Labour Party
David Molony	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
Ruairí Brugha	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Alexis FitzGerald	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Desmond Governey	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
Michael Howard	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Liam Hyland	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
Mick Lanigan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Michael Moynihan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Labour Party	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
Patrick J. Reynolds	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Eoin Ryan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
John Blennerhassett	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Séamus Dolan	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected as Cathaoirleach on 27 October 1977[6]
Joseph Dowling	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Des Hanafin	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Jack Harte	Labour Panel		Labour Party
Tony Herbert	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Brian Hillery	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Fintan Kennedy	Labour Panel		Labour Party
Michael Lyons	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Bernard Markey	Labour Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
Andy O'Brien	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Gemma Hussey	National University of Ireland		Independent
Augustine Martin	National University of Ireland		Independent
John A. Murphy	National University of Ireland		Independent
Conor Cruise O'Brien	University of Dublin		Independent	Resigned from the Seanad on 13 June 1979[7]
Catherine McGuinness	University of Dublin		Independent	Elected at a by-election on 11 December 1979, following the resignation of Conor Cruise O'Brien[8]
Mary Robinson	University of Dublin		Labour Party
Trevor West	University of Dublin		Independent
Séamus Brennan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
Séamus de Brún	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Eileen Cassidy	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Valerie Goulding	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Mary Harney	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981[3]
Valentine Jago	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Gordon Lambert	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
P. J. Mara	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 16 July 1981 to fill vacancy after 1981 general election[9]
Bernard McGlinchey	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Noel Mulcahy	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Joseph O'Neill	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 16 July 1981 to fill vacancy after 1981 general election[9]
Jim Ruttle	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 20 June 1980 to fill vacancy created by the resignation of Michael Yeats[10]
T. K. Whitaker	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Michael Yeats	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Resigned from the Seanad on 12 March 1980[11]

Changes

Date	Panel		Gain		Loss	Note
11 September 1977	Administrative Panel				Fianna Fáil	Death of Jack Garrett[2]
27 October 1977	Labour Panel				Fianna Fáil	Séamus Dolan elected as Cathaoirleach[6]
7 December 1977	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil			Michael Donnelly elected to Seanad at a by-election after death of Jack Garrett[4]
13 June 1979	University of Dublin				Independent	Resignation of Conor Cruise O'Brien[7]
6 November 1979	Administrative Panel				Fine Gael	Liam Burke elected to 21st Dáil at a by-election[1]
11 December 1979	University of Dublin		Independent			Catherine McGuinness elected to Seanad at a by-election to replace Conor Cruise O'Brien[8]
12 March 1980	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Resignation of Michael Yeats[11]
16 April 1980	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil			Jim Doolan elected at a by-election to replace Liam Burke[5]
20 June 1980	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Jim Ruttle nominated to repalace Michael Yeats[10]
11 June 1981	Administrative Panel				Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Agricultural Panel				Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Agricultural Panel				Fianna Fáil	John Ellis elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Agricultural Panel				Fine Gael	Joe McCartin elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Cultural and Educational Panel				Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Cultural and Educational Panel				Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Cultural and Educational Panel				Fine Gael	David Molony elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Fine Gael	Desmond Governey elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Fianna Fáil	Liam Hyland elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Labour Party	Michael Moynihan elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Labour Panel				Fianna Fáil	Séamus Dolan elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Labour Panel				Fine Gael	Bernard Markey elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Séamus Brennan elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
11 June 1981	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Mary Harney elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election[3]
16 July 1981	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			P. J. Mara nominated to fill vacancy after the 1981 general election[9]
16 July 1981	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Joseph O'Neill nominated to fill vacancy after the 1981 general election[9]

See also

• Members of the 21st Dáil
• Government of the 21st Dáil
• Ministers of State of the 21st Dáil

Sources

• "14th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
• "Senate election results". The Irish Times. 20 August 1977. p. 5. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
• "Taoiseach takes chance with FF majority in Senate". The Irish Times. 26 August 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
• "Taoiseach's Senate nominees join Fianna Fáil". The Irish Times. 20 October 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 2 February 2008. Two senators who were nominated by the Taoiseach, Lady Valerie Goulding and Mrs. Eileen Cassidy, have joined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party

Notes and references

1. "Mr. Liam Burke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
2. "Mr. Jack Garrett". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
3. "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 95, 17 June 1981: Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
4. "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 87, 7 December 1977: Administrative Panel". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 30 April 2005. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
5. "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 94, 16 April 1980: Election of Member". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
6. "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 87, 27 October 1977: Election of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
7. "Dr. Conor Cruise O'Brien". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
8. "Ms. Catherine McGuinness". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
9. "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 95, 16 July 1981: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
10. "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 94, 24 June 1980: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
11. "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 93, 12 March 1980: Resignation of Member". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.