Pauline Tully

Pauline Tully
Tully in 2017
Teachta Dála
In office February 2020 – November 2024
Constituency	Cavan–Monaghan
Personal details
Born	1970/1971 (age 53–54) Cavan, Ireland
Political party	Sinn Féin
Spouse	Pearse McAuley ​ ​ (m. 2003; sep. 2014)​
Children	2

Pauline Tully (formerly Pauline Tully-McAuley; born 1970/1971)[1] is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency from 2020 to 2024.[2] She was a member of Cavan County Council for the Ballyjamesduff local electoral area from the 1999 election until 2012.[3]

Early and personal life

Tully grew up on a farm in Kilnaleck, County Cavan, where she still lives.[4][5] She teaches history at Breifne College.[6]

In 2003 Tully married IRA member Pearse McAuley; at the time he was imprisoned for the killing of Jerry McCabe, and granted day release for the wedding.[7] Her name was Pauline Tully-McAuley on the 2004 and 2009 election ballot papers.[8] Her husband was released from prison in August 2009, and she resigned as councillor in 2012 due to the demands of her teaching job and childcare.[8] She and McAuley separated in February 2014 and on Christmas Eve 2014 he stabbed her 13 times in front of their two children, for which he was imprisoned until June 2022.[9]

She lost her seat at the 2024 general election.[10]

References

1. "Election 2020: Pauline Tully (Sinn Féin)". The Irish Times. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
2. "Pauline Tully". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
3. "Pauline Tully TD". sinnfein.ie. Archived from the original on 9 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
4. "IRA man leaves jail to wed teacher". Irish Times. 5 January 2003. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
5. Lyons, Thomas (23 May 2018). "EXCLUSIVE: Tully returns to stand for Sinn Féin". The Anglo Celt. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
6. "Ex-wife of convicted garda killer to run for next Dáil". Irish Times. 24 May 2018. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
7. McLaughlin, Brian (10 January 2003). "O'Dea criticises wedding release of McCauley". The Irish Times. p. 2. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
8. Reilly, Jerome; McArdle, Patsy (8 April 2012). "McCauley's wife to resign from SF role". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
9. • "Pearse McAuley's estranged wife Pauline Tully speaks of domestic violence". BBC News. 5 December 2015. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
   • Joe Finnegan (25 May 2018). "The Joe Finnegan Show: Pauline Tully". Northern Sound (Podcast). Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
   • Dillon, Eamon (24 June 2022). "Killer Pearse McAuley freed from jail after serving time for horror attack on TD ex-wife". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
10. "Pauline Tully eliminated from Dáil race". Northern Sound. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

External links

• Sinn Féin profile