Honor Mary Crowley (; 19 October 1903 – 18 October 1966) was an Irish

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil ( ; ; meaning "Soldiers of Destiny" or "Warriors of Fál"), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (), is a centre to centre-right political party in Ireland. Founded as a republican party in 1926 by Éamon de ...

politician who served as a

Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( ; ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish language, Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The official Engli ...

(TD) for the Kerry South constituency from 1945 to 1966. She was one of five daughters of the MP

John Pius Boland John Mary Pius Boland (16 September 1870 – 17 March 1958) was an Irish Nationalist politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliam ...

, who won gold medals in Tennis at the

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. He was a member of the

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, and represented South Kerry from 1900 until 1918. A social worker before entering politics, Crowley was first elected to the

12th Dáil The 12th Dáil was elected at the 1944 general election on 30 May 1944 and first met on 9 June 1944. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 5th ...

at the by-election on 4 December 1945 caused by the death of her husband, Fianna Fáil TD

Frederick Crowley Frederick Hugh Crowley (31 December 1890 – 5 May 1945) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1927 to 1945. He was born on 31 December 1890 in the family home at Gurteen, County Cork, son of Michael N. Cr ...

. She was re-elected at the next six general elections, and died in 1966 while still in office. She was the first woman to represent

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on a delegation to the

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, which she did between 1954 and 1957. The 1966 by-election following her death was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate, John O'Leary. Her sister

Bridget Boland Bridget Boland (13 March 1913 – 19 January 1988) was a British screenwriter, playwright and novelist. Life Bridget Boland was born in London on 13 March 1913 to Irish politician John Pius Boland and Eileen Querin Boland ( Moloney). Boland ...

was a playwright.

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