About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: David Norris, Joe Doyle, Mary O'Rourke, Don Lydon, John Dardis, Shane Ross, Jim Walsh, Donie Cassidy, Fintan Coogan, Jnr, Mick Lanigan, Paschal Mooney, Avril Doyle, Maurice Manning, Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Maurice Hayes, Liam T. Cosgrave, Michael Finneran, Joe Costello, Willie Farrell, M. J. Nolan, Sean Ryan, Feargal Quinn, Tony Kett, Fergus O'Dowd, Therese Ridge, Denis O'Donovan, Sean O Fearghail, Jim Glennon, Dermot Fitzpatrick, Brendan Ryan, Kathleen O'Meara, Tom Hayes, Helen Keogh, Labhras O Murchu, Joe O'Toole, Francis O'Brien, Denis Cregan, Margaret Cox, John Cregan, Pat Moylan, Tom Fitzgerald, Des Hanafin, Paul Coghlan, Dan Kiely, Eddie Bohan, Peter Callanan, Camillus Glynn, Ann Ormonde, Liam Fitzgerald, John Connor, Rory Kiely, Paddy Burke, Mary Jackman, Jim Gibbons, Jnr, Ann Leonard, Brian Mullooly, Patrick McGowan, Mairin Quill, Frank Chambers, Pat Gallagher, Jarlath McDonagh, Enda Bonner, Ernie Caffrey, Martin Mackin. Excerpt: This is a list of the members of the 21st Seanad Eireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. Unless otherwise indicated, these Senators were elected or appointed in 1997, after the 1997 general election and served until the close of poll for the 22nd Seanad at the end of July 2002. There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. 43 Senators are elected by the Vocational Panels, 6 are elected by the Universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach. The following table shows the composition by party when the 21st Seanad first met on 17 September 1997. Mary O'Rourke (nee Lenihan; born 31 May 1937) is a former Irish Fianna Fail politician. She is a former Teachta Dala (TD) for the Longford-Westmeath and Westmeath constituencies. She served as Minister for Education (1987-91), Minister for Health (1991-92) and Minister for P...
