The following is a list of members of Seanad Éireann who died in office.
Free State Seanad (1922–1936) Member Party Date of death Age at death (years) Thomas MacPartlin 20 October 1923 44 Stephen O'Mara Cumann na nGaedheal 26 July 1926 81 Martin Fitzgerald 9 March 1927 61 Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo 31 December 1927 76 William Sears 23 March 1929 60–61 Alice Stopford Green 28 May 1929 81 Nugent Everard 12 July 1929 79 Bryan Mahon 29 September 1930 68 Patrick W. Kenny 22 April 1931 67–68 Patrick Hooper 6 September 1931 58 Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart 29 June 1933 75 Séamus Ryan 30 June 1933 37 George Crosbie 27 November 1934 70
Seanad Éireann (since 1937) Member Party Panel/Constituency Date of death Age at death (years) Cause Thomas Delany Cultural and Educational 9 July 1939 70–71 Maurice George Moore Nominated by the Taoiseach 8 September 1939 85 Patrick Keohane Nominated by the Taoiseach 4 December 1939 68–69 Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich Nominated by the Taoiseach 1 July 1942 85 Pádraic Ó Máille Nominated by the Taoiseach 19 January 1946 67 William Magennis Nominated by the Taoiseach 30 March 1946 78 John Thomas Keane Labour 22 May 1946 Thomas Kennedy Labour 18 September 1947 59–60 Joseph Brennan Industrial and Commercial 1 February 1950 Seán Campbell Labour 27 February 1950 60 Helena Concannon National University 27 February 1952 73 Michael Colgan Labour 22 June 1953 James Kilroy Agricultural 5 January 1954 63–64 James B. Lynch Industrial and Commercial 12 March 1954 64–65 James G. Douglas Nominated by the Taoiseach 16 September 1954 67 William Quirke Agricultural 5 March 1955 58–59 Matthew Smith Industrial and Commercial 3 November 1955 Andrew Clarkin Industrial and Commercial 23 November 1955 63–64 James McGee Industrial and Commercial 19 January 1956 70 Frederick Hawkins Labour 2 August 1956 Seán Moylan Nominated by the Taoiseach 16 November 1957 67 Patrick Baxter Agricultural 3 April 1959 67 John O'Leary Administrative 21 June 1959 64 William Fearon Dublin University 27 December 1959 67 Frank Purcell Labour 2 April 1960 Henry Barniville National University 23 September 1960 73 John Donnelly Sheridan Agricultural 5 April 1963 Daniel Moloney Industrial and Commercial 26 June 1963 53 Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha Nominated by the Taoiseach 19 November 1964 81 Margaret Mary Pearse Administrative 7 November 1968 90 James Martin Agricultural 3 October 1969 63–64 Owen Sheehy-Skeffington Dublin University 7 June 1970 61 Heart attack Jimmy Dunne Labour 23 February 1972 50–51 Cornelius O'Callaghan Agricultural 24 January 1974 51–52 Billy Fox Cultural and Educational 12 March 1974 35 Assassination – shot during the TroublesMcKittrick, David. Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles. Random House, 2001. pp.426–427 Bob Aylward Agricultural 18 July 1974 63 Denis Farrelly Industrial and Commercial 27 December 1974 62 Mary Walsh Cultural and Educational 18 August 1976 46 Jack Garrett Administrative 11 September 1977 63 Jack Daly Industrial and Commercial 5 May 1988 72 Gordon Wilson Nominated by the Taoiseach 27 June 1995 67 Heart attack Seán Fallon Industrial and Commercial 4 July 1995 57 Liam Naughten Agricultural 16 November 1996 52 Traffic accident Patrick McGowan Agricultural 3 October 1999 73 Kate Walsh Nominated by the Taoiseach 24 April 2007 60 Complications from diabetes Tony Kett Administrative 19 April 2009 57 Cancer Peter Callanan Agricultural 11 October 2009 74 Kieran Phelan Industrial and Commercial 26 May 2010 60
See also List of members of Dáil Éireann who died in office
References
External links Official list of members of the 1922 Seanad