Myra Barry

Myra Barry (born 30 June 1957) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician. A national school teacher by profession, she trained at St Patrick's College, Dublin.[1] She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) in a by-election in 1979 for the Cork North-East constituency, following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Seán Brosnan.[1] It was one of two by-elections in County Cork on the same day, both of which Fianna Fáil lost.[2][3] The double defeat in Jack Lynch's native county was a factor in Lynch's resignation on 5 December 1979 as leader of Fianna Fáil.

Her father Richard Barry was a sitting TD in the same constituency at the time of the by-election. This is the only time a parent and child have represented the same constituency in the same Dáil.

Barry was 22 years old at the time of her first election, and one of the youngest-ever TDs elected to the Dáil. She was re-elected at each successive election until she retired from politics at the 1987 general election, after seven years in the Dáil,[4] at which time she was almost 30 years of age.

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References
  1. "Myra Barry". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
  2. "Cork North–East by-election, 7 November 1979". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  3. "Cork City by-election, 7 November 1979". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  4. "Myra Barry". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
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