| Members of the European Parliament for Ireland | |
|---|---|
| 1st delegation | (1973) |
| 2nd delegation | (1973–1977) |
| 3rd delegation | (1977–1979) |
| 1st term | (1979) |
| 2nd term | (1984) |
| 3rd term | (1989) |
| 4th term | (1994) |
| 5th term | (1999) |
| 6th term | (2004) |
| 7th term | (2009) |
| 8th term | (2014) |
| 9th term | (2019) |
| 10th term | (2024) |
| List of women MEPs | |
This is a list of the 10 members of the European Parliament for Ireland appointed to the delegation from the Oireachtas following the 1973 general election. The second delegation served from March 1973 until the 1977 general election.
| Name | National party | National office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donal Creed | Fine Gael | Teachta Dála | |
| Thomas Dunne | Fine Gael | Teachta Dála | |
| Jim Gibbons | Fianna Fáil | Teachta Dála | |
| Michael Herbert | Fianna Fáil | Teachta Dála | |
| Liam Kavanagh | Labour | Teachta Dála | |
| Brian Lenihan | Fianna Fáil | Teachta Dála | |
| Gerry L'Estrange | Fine Gael | Teachta Dála | |
| Charles McDonald | Fine Gael | Senator | |
| Tom Nolan | Fianna Fáil | Teachta Dála | |
| Michael Yeats | Fianna Fáil | Senator | |
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