About Bridget Rice
Lived 1885 – 1967 (aged 82). Bridget Rice was an Irish politician.
Bridget Mary Rice (; 7 May 1885 – 9 December 1967) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
She was born on 7 May 1885 in Louisburgh, County Mayo to Walter Heneghan and Bridget McGreal. Her brother John Heneghan was a Columban priest. A postmistress, she married Eamon Rice on 1 September 1914, and they had four children.
Her husband Eamon Rice was a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Monaghan constituency from 1932 until his death in 1937. No by-election was held to fill his seat, but Bridget Rice was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD at the 1938 general election for the same constituency. She was re-elected at each successive election until she retired from politics at the 1954 general election.
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Irish politician
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Bridget Rice was born on 7 May 1885 in Louisburgh.
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Bridget Rice died on 8 December 1967.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bridget Rice. https://biography.guide/bridget-rice/
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