Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins

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Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins (birth name: Brigid Hogan ; born March 10, 1932 ) is a former Irish politician of the Fine Gael who was a member of the House of Commons ( Dáil Éireann ) between 1957 and 1977 . She and her husband were the first couple in Irish parliamentary history to be members of the Dáil Éireann at the same time.

Life

Brigid Hogan was the daughter of the solicitor and farmer Patrick J. Hogan , who as a representative of Cumann na nGaedheal between 1921 and his death on July 24, 1936, also a member of the Dáil Éireann and from January 1922 to March 1932 Minister of Agriculture or Minister for Lands and Agriculture was.

Like her father, she herself worked as a farmer and was elected for the first time as a member of the Dáil Éireann as a candidate for Fine Gael in the elections of March 5, 1957 in the constituency of Galway South . A year after the election she married in 1958 to almost 15 years older than Michael O'Higgins , who was also a member of the House. This made them the first couple in Irish parliamentary history who were also members of the Dáil Éireann.

In the elections held on October 4, 1961 , he was now in the constituency of Galway East elected member of the House and in the elections of April 7, 1965 re-elected before in the elections of June 18, 1969 in the constituency of Clare-Galway South of the Member Dáil Éireann was elected. In the elections of February 28, 1973 , she was re-elected in this constituency, but suffered a defeat in the subsequent elections of June 16, 1977 and thus lost her mandate in the Dáil Éireann after twenty years in parliament. She then withdrew from politics.

Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins' marriage in 1958, who lived in Kilrickle ( Loughrea , County Galway ) and then in Clonbullogue ( County Offaly ), had nine children, including Cahir O'Higgins, who especially known himself as a solicitor Deals with criminal and human rights proceedings.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patrick J. Hogan on the Oireachtas page
  2. ↑ Patrick J. Hogan at electionsireland.org
  3. ↑ Michael O'Higgins on the Oireachtas page
  4. ↑ Michael O'Higgins on electionsireland.org
  5. ↑ Michael O'Higgins came from a politically influential family and was the son of former Defense, Industry and Trade Secretary Thomas F. O'Higgins, Sr. , the younger brother of former Health Secretary and later Chief Justice of Ireland Thomas Francis O ' Higgins , nephew of Foreign and Justice Secretary Kevin O'Higgins, murdered by the IRA in 1927, and great-nephew of Timothy Michael Healy , who was Governor General of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1927 .
personal data
SURNAME Hogan-O'Higgins, Brigid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hogan, Brigid (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1932