Eamon Rice

Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1873–1937)

Eamon Rice
Teachta Dála
In office
February 1932 – 7 November 1937
ConstituencyMonaghan
Personal details
Born
Edward Rice

(1873-04-26)26 April 1873
County Monaghan, Ireland
Died7 November 1937(1937-11-07) (aged 64)
County Monaghan, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
SpouseBridget Heneghan
Children4

Eamon Rice (26 April 1873 – 7 November 1937) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A national school teacher, he married Bridget Heneghan on 1 September 1914, and they had four children.[1]

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) at the 1932 general election for the Monaghan constituency.[2] He was re-elected at the 1933 and 1937 general elections.[3] He died while still in office in 1937. No by-election was held to fill his seat, but his widow Bridget Rice was elected as a TD for the same constituency from 1938 to 1954.

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References

  1. ^ "Dublin North Marriages, 1914 – No. 9" (PDF). IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Edward Rice". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Eamon Rice". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Monaghan constituency
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Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921 Seán MacEntee
(SF)
Eoin O'Duffy
(SF)
Ernest Blythe
(SF)
3rd 1922 Patrick MacCarvill
(AT-SF)
Eoin O'Duffy
(PT-SF)
Ernest Blythe
(PT-SF)
4th 1923 Patrick MacCarvill
(Rep)
Patrick Duffy
(CnaG)
Ernest Blythe
(CnaG)
5th 1927 (Jun) Patrick MacCarvill
(FF)
Alexander Haslett
(Ind)
6th 1927 (Sep) Conn Ward
(FF)
7th 1932 Eamon Rice
(FF)
8th 1933 Alexander Haslett
(Ind)
9th 1937 James Dillon
(FG)
10th 1938 Bridget Rice
(FF)
11th 1943 James Dillon
(Ind)
12th 1944
13th 1948 Patrick Maguire
(FF)
14th 1951
15th 1954 Patrick Mooney
(FF)
Edward Kelly
(FF)
James Dillon
(FG)
16th 1957 Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain
(SF)
17th 1961 Erskine H. Childers
(FF)
18th 1965
19th 1969 Billy Fox
(FG)
John Conlan
(FG)
20th 1973 Jimmy Leonard
(FF)
1973 by-election Brendan Toal
(FG)
21st 1977 Constituency abolished. See Cavan–Monaghan