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| caption = Lynch, {{circa}} 1930
| caption = Lynch, {{circa}} 1930
| office = [[Teachta Dála]]
| office = [[Teachta Dála]]
| term_start = [[1954 Irish general election|May 1954]]
| term_start = [[1961 Irish general election|October 1961]]
| term_end = [[1977 Irish general election|June 1977]]
| term_end = [[1977 Irish general election|June 1977]]
| constituency = [[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]]
| constituency = [[Dublin North-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-Central]]

| term_start2 = [[1954 Irish general election|May 1954]]
| term_end2 = [[1961 Irish general election|October 1961]]
| constituency2= [[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]]
| nationality = [[Irish people|Irish]]
| nationality = [[Irish people|Irish]]
| party = [[Fianna Fáil]]
| party = [[Fianna Fáil]]
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'''Celia Lynch''' ({{nee|Quinn}}; 6 May 1908 – 16 June 1989) was an Irish [[Fianna Fáil]] politician, assistant [[Whip (politics)|Government Whip]], and [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for 23 years.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Celia-Lynch.D.1954-06-02/|title=Celia Lynch|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=1 September 2012}}</ref> She also served as a [[Dublin City Council]]lor for many years.
'''Celia Lynch''' ({{nee|Quinn}}; 6 May 1908 – 16 June 1989) was an Irish [[Fianna Fáil]] politician, assistant [[Whip (politics)|Government Whip]], and [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for 23 years.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Celia-Lynch.D.1954-06-02/|title=Celia Lynch|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=1 September 2012}}</ref> She also served as a [[Dublin City Council]]lor for many years.


Her birthplace was Duras House, Kinvara, [[County Galway]]. Her husband [[James B. Lynch]] was a TD and Senator from 1932 until his death in 1954. A schoolteacher before marriage, Lynch was elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] on her first attempt, as a [[Fianna Fáil]] candidate for the [[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]] constituency at the [[1954 Irish general election|1954 general election]], taking her seat in the [[15th Dáil]].<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2490|title=Celia Lynch|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=1 September 2012}}</ref> She lived at 156 Botanic Road, [[Glasnevin]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
Her birthplace was Duras House, Kinvara, [[County Galway]]. Her husband [[James B. Lynch]] was a TD and Senator from 1932 until his death in 1954. A schoolteacher before marriage, Lynch was elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] on her first attempt, as a [[Fianna Fáil]] candidate for the [[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]] constituency at the [[1954 Irish general election|1954 general election]], taking her seat in the [[15th Dáil]].<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2490|title=Celia Lynch|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=1 September 2012}}</ref> She was re-elected at the next [[1957 Irish general election|1957 general election]]. At the [[1961 Irish general election|1961 general election]], she was elected for [[Dublin North-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-Central]], where she was returned again at three further general elections<ref name=elecs_irl /> before retiring from politics at the [[1977 Irish general election|1977 general election]].



She lived at 156 Botanic Road, [[Glasnevin]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
She was re-elected at the next five general elections, before retiring from politics at the [[1977 Irish general election|1977 general election]].


==See also==
==See also==
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Revision as of 18:31, 16 July 2023

Celia Lynch
Lynch circa 1930
Lynch, c. 1930
Teachta Dála
In office
October 1961 – June 1977
ConstituencyDublin North-Central
In office
May 1954 – October 1961
ConstituencyDublin South-Central
Personal details
Born
Celia Quinn

(1908-05-06)6 May 1908
Duras House, Kinvara, County Galway, Ireland
Died15 June 1989(1989-06-15) (aged 81)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
SpouseJames B. Lynch
Children7
Alma mater

Celia Lynch (née Quinn; 6 May 1908 – 16 June 1989) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, assistant Government Whip, and Teachta Dála (TD) for 23 years.[1] She also served as a Dublin City Councillor for many years.

Her birthplace was Duras House, Kinvara, County Galway. Her husband James B. Lynch was a TD and Senator from 1932 until his death in 1954. A schoolteacher before marriage, Lynch was elected to Dáil Éireann on her first attempt, as a Fianna Fáil candidate for the Dublin South-Central constituency at the 1954 general election, taking her seat in the 15th Dáil.[2] She was re-elected at the next 1957 general election. At the 1961 general election, she was elected for Dublin North-Central, where she was returned again at three further general elections[2] before retiring from politics at the 1977 general election.


She lived at 156 Botanic Road, Glasnevin.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Celia Lynch". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Celia Lynch". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
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