Máirín Quill
Máirín Quill (born 15 September 1936) is a former Irish Progressive Democrats politician. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork North–Central from 1987 to 1997.[1]
A schoolteacher she qualified as a primary school teacher from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, she followed her teaching diploma at night in University College Cork for a Degree in English and History, and the a Higher Diploma in Education. Quill was first elected to Dáil Éireann for the Cork North–Central constituency at the 1987 general election.[2] She was one of 14 Progressive Democrat TDs the first election after the party was founded. She had previously contested the 1977 and 1981 general elections as a Fianna Fáil candidate.
She retained her seat in two successive general elections, but lost it at the 1997 general election to Billy Kelleher of Fianna Fáil. She was then nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, to the 21st Seanad. She did not contest the 2002 elections.
From 1979 until 2009 she was a local councillor for the North East Ward in Cork City Council. She did not contest the 2009 local elections.
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- 1936 births
- Living people
- Progressive Democrats TDs
- Fianna Fáil politicians
- Female Teachtaí Dála
- Female members of Seanad Éireann
- Members of the 21st Seanad
- Members of the 25th Dáil
- Members of the 26th Dáil
- Members of the 27th Dáil
- Local councillors in Cork (city)
- Irish schoolteachers
- Alumni of Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
- Alumni of University College Cork
