Joan Burke
Joan Burke | |
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Teachta Dála | |
In office June 1969 – June 1981 | |
Constituency | Roscommon–Leitrim |
In office July 1964 – June 1969 | |
Constituency | Roscommon |
Personal details | |
Born | Hanna Teresa Crowley (1928-02-08)8 February 1928 Bandon, County Cork, Ireland |
Died | 27 October 2016(2016-10-27) (aged 88) Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland |
Political party | Fine Gael |
Spouse | James Burke (m. 1959; died 1964) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University College Cork |
Joan Theresa Burke (née Crowley; 8 February 1928 – 27 November 2016) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, farmer and nurse who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1964 to 1981.[1]
She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael TD for the Roscommon constituency at the July 1964 by-election caused by the death of her husband James Burke.[1] Her victory made her the first woman to ever represent County Roscommon as a TD, and she was only the fourth woman to represent Cumann na nGaedheal/Fine Gael since the foundation of the state.[2] Burke topped the poll in every single election she ever fought.[3]
She was from Bandon, County Cork.[4] She was educated at Presentation Convent, Bandon, and later at Loreto Convent, Killarney, County Kerry. She trained as a nurse at Galway Regional Hospital, qualifying in 1951 and worked in Dublin at Cork Street Fever Hospital, and Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfermot.[4] She first came to Tulsk to attend a friend's wedding and while there met James Burke, whom she later married in 1959. At the time of the marriage, James had already been a TD for 5 years. It was in James' native Tulsk the pair settled.[2]
As a TD, Joan Burke was a pronounced opponent of the “marriage bar” which prohibited women in Ireland from working in the public sector if they were married (the mentality of the time being that a married woman's place was in the home). She was also a noted advocate for the rights of farmers.[2]
She retired from politics at the 1981 general election.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Joan Burke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ a b c d "An Appreciation: Joan Burke". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Joan Burke". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ a b O'Riordan, Turlough. "Burke, Joan". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
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4th | 1923 | George Noble Plunkett (Rep) | Henry Finlay (CnaG) | Gerald Boland (Rep) | Andrew Lavin (CnaG) | ||||
1925 by-election | Martin Conlon (CnaG) | ||||||||
5th | 1927 (Jun) | Patrick O'Dowd (FF) | Gerald Boland (FF) | Michael Brennan (Ind) | |||||
6th | 1927 (Sep) | ||||||||
7th | 1932 | Daniel O'Rourke (FF) | Frank MacDermot (NCP) | ||||||
8th | 1933 | Patrick O'Dowd (FF) | Michael Brennan (CnaG) | ||||||
9th | 1937 | Michael Brennan (FG) | Daniel O'Rourke (FF) | 3 seats 1937–1948 | |||||
10th | 1938 | ||||||||
11th | 1943 | John Meighan (CnaT) | John Beirne (CnaT) | ||||||
12th | 1944 | Daniel O'Rourke (FF) | |||||||
13th | 1948 | Jack McQuillan (CnaP) | |||||||
14th | 1951 | John Finan (CnaT) | Jack McQuillan (Ind) | ||||||
15th | 1954 | James Burke (FG) | |||||||
16th | 1957 | ||||||||
17th | 1961 | Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) | Brian Lenihan Snr (FF) | Jack McQuillan (NPD) | |||||
1964 by-election | Joan Burke (FG) | ||||||||
18th | 1965 | Hugh Gibbons (FF) | |||||||
19th | 1969 | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon–Leitrim |
Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
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22nd | 1981 | Terry Leyden (FF) | Seán Doherty (FF) | John Connor (FG) | |||
23rd | 1982 (Feb) | Liam Naughten (FG) | |||||
24th | 1982 (Nov) | ||||||
25th | 1987 | ||||||
26th | 1989 | Tom Foxe (Ind) | John Connor (FG) | ||||
27th | 1992 | Constituency abolished. See Longford–Roscommon |