Claire Kerrane
Claire Kerrane (born 24 April 1992) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency since the 2020 general election.[1]
Claire Kerrane | |
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Kerrane in 2015 | |
Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2020 | |
Constituency | Roscommon–Galway |
Personal details | |
Born | Frenchpark, County Roscommon, Ireland | 24 April 1992
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Alma mater | NUI Galway |
She is the first Sinn Féin national representative for the Roscommon constituency since the election of George Noble Plunkett and Gerald Boland in the 1923 Irish general election.[2][3] She is also only the second ever woman elected as a TD for Roscommon,[2][3] after Joan Burke of Fine Gael.
She is a member of the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle.
Background
Kerrane, the daughter of Gerry and Angela Kerrane, from the village of Tibohine, County Roscommon, and was raised on a farm. She has said there was no history of republicanism in her family: her mother is English and her paternal grandfather was a "staunch Fine Gael activist". She joined Sinn Féin during a dispute over plans to build an anaerobic digestion plant in her area, when she became involved in an action group against the project.[4]
Before becoming a TD, she worked as a parliamentary assistant to Independent TD Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and later as a political adviser on social protection for Sinn Féin in Leinster House. Flanagan later endorsed her as a candidate in the 2020 election.[5]
She is a graduate in English and Politics of NUI Galway and in 2016 qualified as a secondary school teacher.[4]
References
- "Claire Kerrane". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- Kelly, Darragh (10 February 2020). "Election 2020: Claire Kerrane (Sinn Féin)". Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- Kelly, Darragh (9 February 2020). "Claire Kerrane set to make history as first SF TD in Roscommon-Galway for over 100 years". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- Healy, Paul (August 2019). "On a Claire Day". Roscommon People Plus. pp. 50–53.
- "Claire Kerrane". Sinn Féin. Retrieved 10 February 2020.