The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) ( ga, Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann), founded in 1868, is the oldest and largest teachers' trade union in Ireland. It represents teachers at primary level in the

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, and at primary and post-primary level in

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. The head office is at

Parnell Square Parnell Square () is a Georgian square sited at the northern end of O'Connell Street in the city of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the city's D01 postal district. Formerly named ''Rutland Square'', it was renamed after Charles Stewart Parnell (1 ...

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, and there is a Northern Irish office in

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. The current INTO President (2023–24) is Dorothy McGinley; John Boyle is the General Secretary and Mark McTaggart is the Northern Secretary.

Members

The union website claimed 50,042 members (43,141 in Republic of Ireland and 6,901 in Northern Ireland) as of February 2021.

General secretaries

:1868: John O'Harte :1871: John Morrin :1877: J. W. Henly :1878: A. K. O'Farrell :1884: James Thompson :1891: M. O'Kelly :1894: J. Coffey :1898: Terence Clarke :1910: Michael Doyle :1913: Eamonn Mansfield :1916: Thomas J. O'Connell :1949: D. J. Kelleher :1967:

Seán Brosnahan Seán Brosnahan (1911 – 9 December 1987) was an Irish Independent politician. He was a trade union official and general secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation. He was elected to Seanad Éireann Seanad Éireann (, ; "Senat ...

:1978:

Gerry Quigley Gerry Quigley (3 November 1928 – 23 December 2003) was a trade unionist and political activist in Northern Ireland. Quigley grew up in the Donegall Pass area of Belfast. He studied at St Joseph's Training College before working as a primary s ...

:1990:

Joe O'Toole Joseph John O'Toole (born 20 July 1947) is a former Irish independent politician, who was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1987 to 2011. He was born and brought up in Dingle, County Kerry, O'Toole was a teacher for ten years and then a school p ...

:2001: John Carr :2009:

Sheila Nunan Sheila Nunan is a former president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and former General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation. She has been a member of the executive of the INTO since 1995 and was INTO President from 2005 to 2 ...

:2019: John Boyle

Presidents

Club na Múinteoirí

Next door to the union's head office on Parnell Square is Club na Múinteoirí (the Teachers' Club) which is operated by the INTO as a space for cultural and social events, including halls, meeting rooms, a bar, and a theatre in the basement.

References

External links

Irish National Teachers' Organisation
{{Authority control Trade unions in Ireland Organisations based in Dublin (city) All-Ireland organisations 1868 establishments in Ireland Trade unions established in 1868 Parnell Square Seanad nominating bodies