Bridget Mary Rice (; 7 May 1885 – 9 December 1967) was an Irish
Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christia ...
politician.
She was born on 7 May 1885 in
Louisburgh
Louisburgh () is a small town on the southwest corner of Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland. It is home to Sancta Maria College and the Gráinne O'Malley Interpretive Centre.
Transport
Road access
Louisburgh is located on the R335 regional r ...
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County Mayo to Walter Heneghan and Bridget McGreal. Her brother
John Heneghan was a Columban priest. A postmistress, she married
Eamon Rice on 1 September 1914, and they had four children.
Her husband Eamon Rice was a Fianna Fáil
Teachta Dála
A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parli ...
(TD) for the
Monaghan
Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland. It also provides the name of its civil parish and barony.
The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7,678. The town is on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Lette ...
constituency from 1932 until his death in 1937. No
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
was held to fill his seat, but Bridget Rice was elected to
Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD at the
1938 general election for the same constituency.
She was re-elected at each successive election until she retired from politics at the
1954 general election.
See also
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Families in the Oireachtas
There is a tradition in Irish politics of having family members succeed each other, frequently in the same parliamentary seat. This article lists families where two or more members of that family have been members ( TD or Senator) of either of th ...
References
External links
Bridget Rice biography – Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics
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1885 births
1967 deaths
Fianna Fáil TDs
Members of the 10th Dáil
Members of the 11th Dáil
Members of the 12th Dáil
Members of the 13th Dáil
Members of the 14th Dáil
20th-century women Teachtaí Dála
Politicians from County Monaghan
Spouses of Irish politicians