Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll

Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (16 August 1876 – 17 June 1945) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency from 1923 to 1933.[1]

Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll
Collins-O'Driscoll as she appeared in a 1933 piece of election material
Teachta Dála
In office
August 1923 – January 1933
ConstituencyDublin North
Personal details
Born
Margaret Mary Collins

(1876-08-16)16 August 1876
Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland
Died17 June 1945(1945-06-17) (aged 68)
Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partyFine Gael
Other political
affiliations		Cumann na nGaedhael
Spouse(s)Patrick O'Driscoll
(m. 1901; d. 1945)
Children14
RelativesMichael Collins (Brother)

She was the first Cumann na nGaedhael female TD.

She was the eldest sister of the Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins. She was educated at Baggot Street Training College and was a schoolteacher and school principal before entering politics.[2]

She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD for the Dublin North constituency at the 1923 general election.[3]

She was re-elected at each subsequent election until she lost her seat at the 1933 general election.[4]

Family

She married Patrick O'Driscoll on 8 September 1901 at Rosscarbery's Roman Catholic chapel in County Cork. The couple had 14 children, five of whom predeceased their mother.

Actress Dervla Kirwan is a great-granddaughter of the O'Driscolls.[5]

References
  1. "Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (1876-1945) -..." www.findagrave.com.
  2. "Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll". Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics (QUB). Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  3. "Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  4. "Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  5. "Dervla Kirwan | Who Do You Think You Are? | Ancestry.co.uk". www.ancestry.co.uk.
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