Name | Year first elected | Panel/Constituency first elected | Party as first elected | Age when first elected | Years in Seanad |
Eileen Costello | 1922 | Elected by Dáil Éireann | | Independent | 52 | 1922–1934 |
Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart | 1922 | Nominated by the President | | Independent | 65 | 1922–1933 |
Alice Stopford Green | 1922 | Elected by Dáil Éireann | | Independent | 75 | 1922–1929 |
Jennie Wyse Power | 1922 | Nominated by the President | | Independent | 64 | 1922–1936 |
Kathleen Browne | 1929 | Elected at a by-election | | Cumann na nGaedheal | 50 | 1929–1936 |
Helena Concannon | 1938 | National University | | Fianna Fáil | 60 | 1938–1952 |
Margaret L. Kennedy | 1938 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 46 | 1938–1948 |
Linda Kearns MacWhinney | 1938 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 49 | 1938 |
Margaret Mary Pearse | 1938 | Administrative Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 60 | 1938–1968 |
Eleanor Butler | 1948 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Labour | 33 | 1948–1951 |
Mary Davidson | 1950 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Labour | 46 | 1950–1951, 1954–1969 |
Jane Dowdall | 1951 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 51 | 1951–1961 |
Nora Connolly O'Brien | 1957 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 64 | 1957–1969 |
Kit Ahern | 1964 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 42 | 1964–1977 |
Eileen Desmond | 1969 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Labour | 36 | 1969–1973 |
Evelyn Owens | 1969 | Labour Panel | | Labour | 38 | 1969–1977 |
Mary Robinson (Bourke to 1970) | 1969 | Dublin University | | Independent | 25 | 1969–1989 |
Peggy Farrell | 1969 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 48 | 1969–1973 |
Mary Walsh | 1973 | Cultural and Educational Panel | | Fine Gael | 43 | 1973–1976 |
Eileen Cassidy | 1977 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 45 | 1977–1981 |
Valerie Goulding | 1977 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 59 | 1977–1981 |
Mary Harney | 1977 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 24 | 1977–1981 |
Tras Honan | 1977 | Administrative Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 47 | 1977–1993 |
Gemma Hussey | 1977 | National University | | Independent | 38 | 1977–1982 |
Catherine McGuinness | 1979 | National University | | Independent | 45 | 1979–1982, 1983–1987 |
Deirdre Bolger | 1981 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Fine Gael | 43 | 1981–1982 |
Katharine Bulbulia | 1981 | Administrative Panel | | Fine Gael | 38 | 1981–1989 |
Miriam Kearney | 1981 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fine Gael | 22 | 1981–1982 |
Patsy Lawlor | 1981 | Cultural and Educational Panel | | Fine Gael | 48 | 1981–1982 |
Mary O'Rourke | 1981 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 44 | 1981–1983, 2002–2007 |
Camilla Hannon | 1982 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 45 | 1982 |
Monica Barnes | 1982 | Labour Panel | | Fine Gael | 46 | 1982 |
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn | 1982 | Cultural and Educational Panel | | Fine Gael | 30 | 1982, 1993–2002 |
Helena McAuliffe-Ennis | 1983 | Cultural and Educational Panel | | Labour | 32 | 1983–1987 |
Nuala Fennell | 1983 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fine Gael | 47 | 1983–1989 |
Bríd Rodgers | 1983 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Independent | 48 | 1983–1987 |
Mary Wallace | 1987 | Administrative Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 29 | 1987–1989 |
Olga Bennett | 1989 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 42 | 1989–1993 |
Avril Doyle | 1989 | Agricultural Panel | | Fine Gael | 40 | 1989–1992, 1997–2002 |
Carmencita Hederman | 1989 | Dublin University | | Independent | 49 | 1989–1993 |
Mary Jackman | 1989 | Labour Panel | | Fine Gael | 46 | 1989–1993, 1997–2002 |
Helen Keogh | 1989 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Progressive Democrats | 38 | 1989–1993, 1997–2002 |
Ann Gallagher | 1993 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Labour | 25 | 1993–1997 |
Mary Henry | 1993 | Dublin University | | Independent | 52 | 1993–2007 |
Cathy Honan | 1993 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Progressive Democrats | 41 | 1993–1997 |
Mary Kelly | 1993 | Cultural and Educational Panel | | Labour | 40 | 1993–1997 |
Marian McGennis | 1993 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 39 | 1993–1997 |
Jan O'Sullivan | 1993 | Administrative Panel | | Labour | 42 | 1993–1997 |
Ann Ormonde | 1993 | Cultural and Educational Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 58 | 1993–2011 |
Niamh Bhreathnach | 1997 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Labour | 53 | 1997 |
Niamh Cosgrave | 1997 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fine Gael | 32 | 1997 |
Margaret Cox | 1997 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 33 | 1997–2007 |
Ann Leonard | 1997 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 28 | 1997–2002 |
Kathleen O'Meara | 1997 | Agricultural Panel | | Labour | 37 | 1997–2007 |
Máirín Quill | 1997 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Progressive Democrats | 61 | 1997–2002 |
Therese Ridge | 1997 | Labour Panel | | Fine Gael | 56 | 1997–2002 |
Joanna Tuffy | 2002 | Administrative Panel | | Labour | 37 | 2002–2007 |
Sheila Terry | 2002 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Fine Gael | 52 | 2002–2007 |
Mary White | 2002 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 57 | 2002–2016 |
Geraldine Feeney | 2002 | Labour Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 45 | 2002–2011 |
Kate Walsh | 2002 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Progressive Democrats | 55 | 2002–2007 |
Ivana Bacik | 2007 | Dublin University | | Independent (Labour Party from 2009) | 39 | 2007–2021 |
Maria Corrigan | 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | | 2007–2011 |
Déirdre de Búrca | 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Green | 43 | 2007–2010 |
Frances Fitzgerald | 2007 | Labour Panel | | Fine Gael | 56 | 2007–2011 |
Fidelma Healy Eames | 2007 | Labour Panel | | Fine Gael | 45 | 2007–2016 |
Cecilia Keaveney | 2007 | Cultural and Educational Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 38 | 2007–2011 |
Lisa McDonald | 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 33 | 2007–2011 |
Nicky McFadden | 2007 | Administrative Panel | | Fine Gael | 44 | 2007–2011 |
Fiona O'Malley | 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Progressive Democrats | 39 | 2007–2011 |
Phil Prendergast | 2007 | Labour Panel | | Labour | 47 | 2007–2011 |
Deirdre Clune | 2011 | Cultural and Educational Panel | | Fine Gael | 51 | 2011–2014 |
Aideen Hayden | 2011 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Labour | 52 | 2011–2016 |
Imelda Henry | 2011 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Fine Gael | 44 | 2011–2016 |
Lorraine Higgins | 2011 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Labour | 31 | 2011–2016 |
Cáit Keane | 2011 | Labour Panel | | Fine Gael | 61 | 2011–2016 |
Marie Moloney | 2011 | Labour Panel | | Labour | 52 | 2011–2016 |
Mary Moran | 2011 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Labour | 50 | 2011–2016 |
Catherine Noone | 2011 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Fine Gael | 34 | 2011–2020 |
Mary Ann O'Brien | 2011 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Independent | 50 | 2011–2016 |
Marie-Louise O'Donnell | 2011 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Independent | 58 | 2011–2020 |
Susan O'Keeffe | 2011 | Agricultural Panel | | Labour | 50 | 2011–2016 |
Averil Power | 2011 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 32 | 2011–2016 |
Kathryn Reilly | 2011 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Sinn Féin | 22 | 2011–2016 |
Jillian van Turnhout | 2011 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Independent | 43 | 2011–2016 |
Katherine Zappone | 2011 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Independent | 57 | 2011–2016 |
Hildegarde Naughton | 2013 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fine Gael | 36 | 2013–2016 |
Máiría Cahill | 2015 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Labour | 34 | 2015–2016 |
Catherine Ardagh | 2016 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 34 | 2016– |
Frances Black | 2016 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Independent | 55 | 2016– |
Maria Byrne | 2016 | Agricultural Panel | | Fine Gael | 48 | 2016–2020, 2021– |
Lorraine Clifford-Lee | 2016 | Cultural and Educational Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 34 | 2016– |
Rose Conway-Walsh | 2016 | Agricultural Panel | | Sinn Féin | 45 | 2016–2020 |
Máire Devine | 2016 | Labour Panel | | Sinn Féin | 43 | 2016–2020 |
Joan Freeman | 2016 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Independent | 58 | 2016–2020 |
Alice-Mary Higgins | 2016 | National University | | Independent | 40 | 2016– |
Maura Hopkins | 2016 | Administrative Panel | | Fine Gael | 31 | 2016–2020 |
Colette Kelleher | 2016 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Independent | 55 | 2016–2020 |
Gabrielle McFadden | 2016 | Cultural and Educational Panel | | Fine Gael | 49 | 2016–2020 |
Michelle Mulherin | 2016 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fine Gael | 44 | 2016–2020 |
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor | 2016 | Labour Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 49 | 2016–2020 |
Grace O'Sullivan | 2016 | Agricultural Panel | | Green | 54 | 2016–2019 |
Lynn Ruane | 2016 | Dublin University | | Independent | 31 | 2016– |
Pippa Hackett | 2019 | Agricultural Panel | | Green | | 2019– |
Lynn Boylan | 2020 | Agricultural Panel | | Sinn Féin | 33 | 2020– |
Lisa Chambers | 2020 | Cultural and Educational Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 33 | 2020– |
Annie Hoey | 2020 | Agricultural Panel | | Labour | 31 | 2020– |
Sharon Keogan | 2020 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Independent | 53 | 2020– |
Elisha McCallion | 2020 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | | Sinn Féin | 37 | 2020 |
Rebecca Moynihan | 2020 | Administrative Panel | | Labour | 38 | 2020– |
Fiona O'Loughlin | 2020 | Administrative Panel | | Fianna Fáil | 54 | 2020– |
Pauline O'Reilly | 2020 | Labour Panel | | Green | | 2020– |
Marie Sherlock | 2020 | Labour Panel | | Labour | | 2020– |
Emer Currie | 2020 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fine Gael | 42 | 2020– |
Regina Doherty | 2020 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fine Gael | 49 | 2020– |
Aisling Dolan | 2020 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fine Gael | 45 | 2020– |
Mary Fitzpatrick | 2020 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 51 | 2020– |
Eileen Flynn | 2020 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Independent | 30 | 2020– |
Róisín Garvey | 2020 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Green | 46 | 2020– |
Mary Seery Kearney | 2020 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fine Gael | | 2020– |
Erin McGreehan | 2020 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | 37 | 2020– |