Irish National Teachers' Organisation
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Founded | 1868 |
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Members | 43,623[1] |
Affiliation | ICTU |
Key people | Sheila Nunan (General Secretary), |
Office location | Dublin, Ireland |
Country | Ireland |
Website | www.into.ie |
The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO), (Irish: Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann), which was founded in 1868, is the oldest and largest teachers' trade union in Ireland. It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at primary and post-primary level in Northern Ireland. The head office is at Parnell Square, Dublin, there is also an office in Belfast. The current INTO President (2017-18) is Joe Killeen; Sheila Nunan is the General Secretary in the Republic and Gerry Murphy is the Northern Secretary. In 2018 to honour the 150th anniversary of the INTO An Post issued a commemorative stamp. This stamp was issued on 22 March 2018
Members
As of December 2017, the INTO claims to have 43,623 members – 36,367 in the 26 counties and 7,256 in the 6 counties.[2]
General Secretaries
- 1868: John O'Harte
- 1871: John Morrin
- 1877: J. W. Henly
- 1878: A. K. O'Farrell
- 1884: James Thompson
- 1891: M. O'Kelly
- 1894: J. Coffey
- 1898: Dr. T. Clarke
- 1910: Michael Doyle
- 1913: Eamonn Mansfield
- 1916: Thomas J. O'Connell
- 1949: D. J. Kelleher
- 1967: Seán Brosnahan[3]
- 1978: Gerry Quigley
- 1990: Joe O'Toole
- 2001: John Carr
- 2009: Sheila Nunan
Presidents
- 1868: Vere Foster
- 1873: John Boal
- 1875: John Traynor
- 1877: J Ferguson
- 1882: W Cullen
- 1883: J Nealon
- 1889: P Ward
- 1892: D.A. Simmons
- 1904: J Nealon
- 1905: J.J. Hazlet
- 1906: D.C. Maher
- 1907: P Gamble
- 1908: D Elliot
- 1909: J McGowan
- 1910: E Mansfield
- 1911: G O'Callaghan
- 1912: Catherine M Mahon
- 1914: G O'Callaghan
- 1916: G Ramsey
- 1917: J Cunningham
- 1918: R Judge
- 1919: T.J. Nunan
- 1920: D.C. Maher
- 1921: J Harbison
- 1922: C Breathnach
- 1923: D.A. Meehan
- 1924: J McNeelis
- 1925: C.P. Murphy
- 1926: T Frisby
- 1927: H O'Donnell
- 1928: P.J. Quinn
- 1929: E Caraher
- 1930: W.P. Ward
- 1931: R Neilly
- 1932: M Kearney
- 1933: C Breathnach
- 1934: J Hurley
- 1935: L Sweeney
- 1936: D.F. Courell
- 1937: J.F. O'Grady
- 1938: T.J. Nunan
- 1940: H.A. Macauley
- 1941: J.P. Griffith
- 1942: M Coleman
- 1943: H O'Connor
- 1944: T Frisby
- 1945: K.M. Clarke
- 1946: D.J. Kelleher
- 1947: S Brosnahan
- 1948: L Forde
- 1949: J Mansfield
- 1950: B Bergin
- 1951: I.H. McEnaney
- 1952: P Gormley
- 1953: H.J. McManus
- 1954: M Griffin
- 1955: H.F. Mcune-Reid
- 1956: M Skinnider
- 1957: L O'Reilly
- 1958: G Hurley
- 1959: W.M. Keane
- 1960: S McGlinchey
- 1961: P.J. Looney
- 1962: P O'Riordan
- 1963: D O'Scanaill
- 1964: P Carney
- 1965: E Liston
- 1966: R.S. Holland
- 1967: J Allman
- 1968: A.J. Faulkner
- 1969: T Martin
- 1970: T Wade
- 1971: A Brennan
- 1972: S O'Connor
- 1973: S O'Brien
- 1974: S Carew
- 1975: S Eustace
- 1976: B Gillespie
- 1977: B Scannell
- 1978: F Poole
- 1979: G Keane
- 1980: M McSweeney
- 1981: F Cunningham
- 1982: T Waldron
- 1983: M O'Connell
- 1984: J.J. Connelly
- 1985: R Carabine
- 1986: S Puirseil
- 1987: T Honan
- 1988: M Drew
- 1989: T Gilmore
- 1990: J White
- 1991: J Collins
- 1992: B Gilmore
- 1993: E Bruton
- 1994: M McGarry
- 1995: S Shiels
- 1996: L Mccloskey
- 1997: T Bates
- 1998: B Hynes
- 1999: D Rainey
- 2000: D Ó Loingsigh
- 2001: J Ward
- 2002: G Malone
- 2003: S Rowley
- 2004: A Corcoran
- 2005: S Nunan
- 2006: D Bohane
- 2007: A Dunne
- 2008: D Kelleher
- 2009: M Ní Chuinneagáin
- 2010: J Higgins
- 2011: N Flynn
- 2012: A Fay
- 2013: B O'Sullivan
- 2014: S McMahon
- 2015: E Dineen
- 2016: R Jordan
- 2017: J Boyle
- 2018: J Killeen
Club na Múinteoirí
Next door to the union's head office on Parnell Square is Club na Múinteoirí (the Teachers' Club) which is operated by the INTO as a space for cultural and social events, including halls, meeting rooms, a bar, and a theatre in the basement.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.into.ie/ROI/AboutINTO/
- ↑ "Current Membership". INTO. June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
- ↑ Ward, Noel, The I.N.T.O. and the Catholic Church, 1930-1955 (M.A. thesis, University College Dublin, 1987), p.79
- ↑ "Club na Múinteoirí: The Teachers' Club". INTO. Retrieved 2015-06-09.