Members of the 10th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 10th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1961, after the 1961 general election and served until the close of poll for the 11th Seanad in 1965.

Composition of the 10th 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 10th Seanad first met on 14 December 1961.

Origin
Party
 Vocational panels NUI DU Nominated Total
Admin Agri Cult & Educ Ind & Comm Labour
Fianna Fáil3534500828
Fine Gael2312200010
Labour Party111130007
Independent1202133315
Total7115911331160

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 Ahern Administrative Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Seán Brady Administrative Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Cornelius Desmond Administrative Panel   Labour  
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick Administrative Panel   Fine Gael  
Patrick Fitzsimons Administrative Panel   Independent  
Gerry L'Estrange Administrative Panel   Fine Gael  
Thomas Ruane Administrative Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Batt Donegan Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 28 November 1963,
replacing John Donnelly Sheridan[1]
Jack Fitzgerald Agricultural Panel   Labour  
Daniel Hogan Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Robert Lahiffe Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil  
John Mannion Agricultural Panel   Fine Gael  
Charles McDonald Agricultural Panel   Fine Gael  
Patrick O'Reilly Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Timothy O'Sullivan Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Micheál Prendergast Agricultural Panel   Fine Gael  
Patrick W. Ryan Agricultural Panel   Independent  
William Ryan Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil  
John Donnelly Sheridan Agricultural Panel   Independent Died on 5 April 1963[2]
Michael Hayes Cultural and Educational Panel   Fine Gael  
Eamon Kissane Cultural and Educational Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Timothy McAuliffe Cultural and Educational Panel   Labour  
John J. Nash Cultural and Educational Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Liam Ó Buachalla Cultural and Educational Panel   Fianna Fáil Cathaoirleach
Gerald Boland Industrial and Commercial Panel   Fianna Fáil  
John Costelloe Industrial and Commercial Panel   Fianna Fáil Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 28 November 1963,
replacing Daniel Moloney[3]
Mary Davidson Industrial and Commercial Panel   Labour  
Thomas Flanagan Industrial and Commercial Panel   Independent  
Patrick Lindsay Industrial and Commercial Panel   Fine Gael  
Bernard McGlinchey Industrial and Commercial Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Edward McGuire Industrial and Commercial Panel   Independent  
Daniel Moloney Industrial and Commercial Panel   Fianna Fáil Died on 26 June 1963[4]
Joseph Quigley Industrial and Commercial Panel   Fine Gael  
Eoin Ryan Industrial and Commercial Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Seán Brosnahan Labour Panel   Independent  
Seán Browne Labour Panel   Fianna Fáil  
John Butler Labour Panel   Labour  
Victor Carton Labour Panel   Fine Gael  
Patrick Crowley Labour Panel   Labour  
James Dooge Labour Panel   Fine Gael  
Joseph Farrell Labour Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Seán Hayes Labour Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Mark Killilea Labour Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Dominick Murphy Labour Panel   Labour  
Michael Yeats Labour Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Dónall Ó Conalláin National University of Ireland   Independent  
George O'Brien National University of Ireland   Independent  
Patrick Quinlan National University of Ireland   Independent  
William J. E. Jessop Dublin University   Independent  
John N. Ross Dublin University   Independent  
William Bedell Stanford Dublin University   Independent  
Kit Ahern Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil Nominated on 25 November 1964 replacing Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha[5]
John J. Brennan Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil  
John Copeland Cole Nominated by the Taoiseach   Independent  
Gus Healy Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil  
Joe Mooney Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil  
Thomas Mullins Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil  
Tom Nolan Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil  
Nora Connolly O'Brien Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil  
Seán O'Donovan Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil  
Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha Nominated by the Taoiseach   Independent Died on 19 November 1964[6]
Margaret Mary Pearse Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil  
William Sheldon Nominated by the Taoiseach   Independent  

Changes
Date Panel Loss Gain Note
5 April 1963 Agricultural Panel Independent   Death of John Donnelly Sheridan[2]
26 June 1963 Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil   Death of Daniel Moloney[4]
28 November 1963 Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil Batt Donegan elected at a by-election to replace John Donnelly Sheridan[1]
28 November 1963 Industrial and Commercial Panel   Fianna Fáil John Costelloe elected at a by-election to replace Daniel Moloney[3]
19 November 1964 Nominated by the Taoiseach Independent   Death of Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha[6]
25 November 1964 Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil Kit Ahern nominated to replace Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha[5]

See also

References
  1. "Mr. Bartholomew (Batt) Donegan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  2. "Mr. John Donnelly Sheridan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  3. "Mr. John Costello". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  4. "Mr. Daniel J. Moloney". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  5. "Mrs. Catherine Ita (Kit) Ahern". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  6. "Mr. Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  • "10th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
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