About Celia Lynch
Lived 1908 – 1989 (aged 81). Celia Lynch was an Irish politician.
Celia Lynch (; 6 May 1908 – 16 June 1989) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, assistant Government Whip, and Teachta Dála (TD) for 23 years. She also served as a Dublin City Councillor for many years.
Her birthplace was Duras House, Kinvara, County Galway. Her husband James B. Lynch was a TD and Senator from 1932 until his death in 1954. A schoolteacher before marriage, Lynch was elected to Dáil Éireann on her first attempt, as a Fianna Fáil candidate for the Dublin South-Central constituency at the 1954 general election, taking her seat in the 15th Dáil. She was re-elected at the next 1957 general election. At the 1961 general election, she was elected for Dublin North-Central, where she was returned again at three further general elections before retiring from politics at the 1977 general election.
She lived at 156 Botanic Road, Glasnevin.
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Irish politician
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Celia Lynch was born on 6 May 1908 in County Galway, Kinvara.
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Celia Lynch died on 16 June 1989.
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