Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll

Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll
Collins-O'Driscoll as she appeared in a 1933 piece of election material
Teachta Dála
In office August 1923 – January 1933
Constituency	Dublin North
Personal details
Born	Margaret Mary Collins (1876-08-16)16 August 1876 Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland
Died	17 June 1945(1945-06-17) (aged 68) Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fine Gael
Other political affiliations	Cumann na nGaedhael
Spouse(s)	Patrick O'Driscoll (m. 1901; d. 1945)
Children	14
Relatives	Michael Collins (Brother)

Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (16 August 1876 – 17 June 1945) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency from 1923 to 1933.^[1]

She was the first Cumann na nGaedhael female TD.

She was the eldest sister of the Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins. She was educated at Baggot Street Training College and was a schoolteacher and school principal before entering politics.^[2]

She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD for the Dublin North constituency at the 1923 general election.^[3]

She was re-elected at each subsequent election until she lost her seat at the 1933 general election.^[4]

Family[]

She married Patrick O'Driscoll on 8 September 1901 at Rosscarbery's Roman Catholic chapel in County Cork. The couple had 14 children, five of whom predeceased their mother.^{[citation needed]}

Actress Dervla Kirwan is a great-granddaughter of the O'Driscolls.^[5]

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