Toddie Byrne

Toddie Byrne
Toddie Byrne
Senator
	In office; 8 October 1981 – 23 February 1983
Constituency	Labour Panel
Personal details
Born	Thomas Byrne; 13 April 1934; County Galway, Ireland
Died	4 April 2006 (aged 71); County Galway, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Education	St Mary's College
Alma mater	St Patrick's College, Dublin

ConstituencyLabour Panel

Born

Thomas Byrne

13 April 1934
County Galway, Ireland

Died4 April 2006 (aged 71)
County Galway, Ireland

Political partyFine Gael

Thomas Byrne (13 April 1934 – 4 April 2006) was an Irish Fine Gael politician.

He was educated at St Mary's College, Galway, and trained as a National School teacher at St Patrick's College of Education, Drumcondra, Dublin.^[1]

He stood unsuccessfully for Dáil Éireann at the 1969, 1973 and 1977 general elections.^[2] He was elected to Seanad Éireann in 1981 for the Labour Panel constituency.^[3] He was re-elected at the 1982 election but lost his seat at the 1983 Seanad election.^[3] He was a member of Galway County Council for the Loughrea area from 1967 to 1999.

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Cathaoirleach Charles McDonald (FG) Leader of the Seanad Gemma Hussey (FG)
Administrative Panel	Katharine Bulbulia (FG) Micheál Cranitch (FF) Tras Honan (FF) Patrick Kennedy (FG) Jimmy Leonard (FF) Flor O'Mahony (Lab) Myles Staunton (FG)
Agricultural Panel	Richard Bruton (FG) Pierce Butler (FG) Michael Ferris (Lab) Tom Fitzgerald (FF) Thomas Hussey (FF) Rory Kiely (FF) John Mannion Jnr (FG) Charles McDonald (FG) Liam Naughten (FG) Martin O'Toole (FF) William Ryan (FF)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Patsy Lawlor (FG) Maurice Manning (FG) Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) Mary O'Rourke (FF) Joe Walsh (FF)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Deirdre Bolger (FG) Barry Cogan (FF) Seán Fallon (FF) Alexis FitzGerald Jnr (FG) Michael Howard (FG) Mick Lanigan (FF) Ruairi Quinn (Lab) Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) Eoin Ryan Snr (FF)
Labour Panel	John Blennerhassett (FG) Toddie Byrne (FG) Donal Carey (FG) Séamus Dolan (FF) Des Hanafin (FF) Jack Harte (Lab) Brian Hillery (FF) Dan Kiely (FF) Brian Mullooly (FF) Andy O'Brien (FG) Maurice O'Connell (FG)
Dublin University	Catherine McGuinness (Ind) Mary Robinson (Ind) Shane Ross (Ind)
National University	Gemma Hussey (FG) John A. Murphy (Ind) Brendan Ryan (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Ulick Burke (FG) John F. Carroll (Lab) Timmy Conway (Lab) James Dooge (FG) Paddy Dunne (Lab) Robert Fausset (FG) Jim Higgins (FG) Miriam Kearney (FG) Pat Magner (Lab) Seán O'Leary (FG) T. K. Whitaker (Ind)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

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Cathaoirleach Tras Honan (FF) Leader of the Seanad Eoin Ryan Snr (FF)
Administrative Panel	Luke Belton (FG) Katharine Bulbulia (FG) Sean Conway (FF) Micheál Cranitch (FF) Tras Honan (FF) Billy Kenneally (FF) Flor O'Mahony (Lab)
Agricultural Panel	Bernard Durkan (FG) Michael Ferris (Lab) Tom Fitzgerald (FF) Richard Hourigan (FG) Thomas Hussey (FF) Joseph Lennon (FG) John Mannion Jnr (FG) Charles McDonald (FG) Martin O'Toole (FF) William Ryan (FF) Michael Smith (FF)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Séamus de Brún (FF) Joachim Loughrey (FG) Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) Mary O'Rourke (FF) Madeleine Taylor (FG)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Deirdre Bolger (FG) Timmy Conway (Lab) Jack Daly (FG) Seán Fallon (FF) Willie Farrell (FF) Michael Howard (FG) Mick Lanigan (FF) Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) Eoin Ryan Snr (FF)
Labour Panel	Monica Barnes (FG) Toddie Byrne (FG) Donie Cassidy (FF) Denis Cregan (FG) Dick Dowling (FG) Des Hanafin (FF) Jack Harte (Lab) Tony Herbert (FF) Mark Killilea Jnr (FF) Brian Mullooly (FF) Maurice O'Connell (FG)
Dublin University	Mary Robinson (Ind) Shane Ross (Ind) Trevor West (Ind)
National University	James Dooge (FG) John A. Murphy (Ind) Brendan Ryan (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Paudge Brennan (FF) Flor Crowley (FF) Camilla Hannon (FF) James Larkin (Ind FF) Seamus Mallon (Ind) P. J. Mara (FF) Bernard McGlinchey (FF) M. J. Nolan (FF) Ned O'Keeffe (FF) John Robb (Ind) G. V. Wright (FF)
Nominated December 1982	Aidan Eames (FF) Seán O'Connor (FF) Frank Wall (FF)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent Ind FF: Independent Fianna Fáil

Toddie Byrne

Senator
In office 8 October 1981 – 23 February 1983
Constituency	Labour Panel

Personal details
Born	Thomas Byrne (1934-04-13)13 April 1934 County Galway, Ireland
Died	4 April 2006(2006-04-04) (aged 71) County Galway, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Education	St Mary's College
Alma mater	St Patrick's College, Dublin

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