Terence Boylan (10 September 1910 –10 January 1991) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and businessman. [1] He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare constituency at the 1964 by-election caused by the death of William Norton of the Labour Party. He was re-elected at the 1965 and 1969 general elections but lost his seat at the 1973 general election. [2]
Neil Terence Columba Blaney was an Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 1948 as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) representing Donegal East. A high-profile member of the party,Blaney served as a government minister several times;he was Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (1957),Minister for Local Government (1957–1966) and Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (1966–1970). In 1970 Blaney's career was radically altered when,alongside Charles Haughey,he was involved in the Arms Crisis and stood accused of clandestinely arranging to provide weapons to the newly-emergent Provisional Irish Republican Army. Although later acquitted of wrongdoing in an Irish court,Blaney involvement in the crisis saw him stripped of his ministries and eventually forced his expulsion from Fianna Fáil. A dogged political campaigner,Blaney managed to retain his seat in Donegal and remained a TD for another two decades,running under the banner of "Independent Fianna Fáil". In addition to being a TD,Blaney also entered into European politics,becoming a member of the European Parliament in 1979. Blaney was a holder of both offices when he died in 1995. Entering the Dáil as its youngest member,he left it as the oldest member.
The 1973 Irish general election to the 20th Dáil was held on Wednesday,28 February 1973,following the dissolution of the 19th Dáil on 5 February by President Éamon de Valera on the request of Taoiseach Jack Lynch. The general election took place in 42 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 144 seats in Dáil Éireann,the house of representatives of the Oireachtas.
Síle de Valera is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister of State for Adult Education,Youth Affairs and Educational Disadvantage and Minister for Arts,Heritage,Gaeltacht and the Islands from 1997 to 2002. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 1981 and from 1987 to 2007. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 1979 to 1984.
Patrick James Lenihan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency from 1965 to 1970.
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