Bridget Rice

Bridget Rice
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1938 – May 1954
ConstituencyMonaghan
Personal details
Born
Bridget Mary Heneghan

(1885-05-07)7 May 1885
Louisburgh, County Mayo, Ireland
Died9 December 1967(1967-12-09) (aged 82)
County Monaghan, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouse
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(m. 1914)​
Children4
RelativesJohn Heneghan (brother)
EducationPresentation Convent, Tuam

Bridget Mary Rice (née Heneghan; 7 May 1885 – 9 December 1967) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

She was born on 7 May 1885 in Louisburgh, County Mayo to Walter Heneghan and Bridget McGreal.[1] Her brother John Heneghan was a Columban priest. A postmistress, she married Eamon Rice on 1 September 1914, and they had four children.[2]

Her husband Eamon Rice was a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Monaghan constituency from 1932 until his death in 1937. No by-election 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.[3] She was re-elected at each successive election until she retired from politics at the 1954 general election.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Births registered in the District of Louisburgh No.1, 1885" (PDF). IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Dublin North Marriages, 1914 – No. 9" (PDF). IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Bridget Rice". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Bridget Rice". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 April 2009.

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