Name
Yearfirst elected
Panel /Constituencyfirst elected
Partyas first elected
Agewhen 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
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
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
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
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
Carmencita Hederman
1989
Dublin University
Independent
49
1989–1993
Mary Jackman
1989
Labour Panel
Fine Gael
46
Helen Keogh
1989
Nominated by the Taoiseach
Progressive Democrats
38
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
2016–2024
Frances Black
2016
Industrial and Commercial Panel
Independent
55
2016–
Maria Byrne
2016
Agricultural Panel
Fine Gael
48
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
45
2019–
Lynn Boylan
2020
Agricultural Panel
Sinn Féin
33
2020–2024
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
46
2020–
Marie Sherlock
2020
Labour Panel
Labour
2020–2024
Emer Currie
2020
Nominated by the Taoiseach
Fine Gael
42
2020–2024
Regina Doherty
2020
Nominated by the Taoiseach
Fine Gael
49
2020–2024
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
2020–2024
Nikki Bradley
2024
Nominated by the Taoiseach
Fine Gael
38
2024–