Ruairí Ó Murchú

Irish politician (born 1978)

Ruairí Ó Murchú
Ó Murchú in 2022
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 2020
ConstituencyLouth
Personal details
Born (1978-05-03) 3 May 1978 (age 45)
Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
SpouseAnnemarie Ó Murchú
Children3
Alma materDublin City University

Ruairí Ó Murchú (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɾˠuəɾʲiː oː ˈmˠʊɾˠəxuː]; born 3 May 1978) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since the 2020 general election.[1]

He was a member of Louth County Council representing the Dundalk South local electoral area from 2017 to 2020, replacing Councillor Kevin Meenan. He was re-elected to Louth County Council again in 2019.[2][3] Kevin Meenan was co-opted to Ó Murchú's seat on Louth County Council following his election to the Dáil.

Personal life

Ó Murchú grew up in Knockbridge and holds degrees from Dublin City University and Griffith College Dublin. He lives in Bay Estate, Dundalk with his wife Annemarie Ó Murchú. They have two sons and a stepson.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Ruairí Ó Murchú". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Two new Sinn Fein councillors selected for Dundalk South". Irish Independent. 8 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. ^ Wall, Martin (25 May 2019). "Louth County Council: Fianna Fáil big winners as Sinn Féin loses three seats". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Election 2020: Ruairí Ó Murchú (Sinn Féin)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
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This table is transcluded from Louth (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
4th 1923 Frank Aiken
(Rep) 		James Murphy
(CnaG) 		Peter Hughes
(CnaG) 		3 seats
until 1977
5th 1927 (Jun) Frank Aiken
(FF) 		James Coburn
(NL)
6th 1927 (Sep)
7th 1932 James Coburn
(Ind)
8th 1933
9th 1937 Laurence Walsh
(FF) 		James Coburn
(FG)
10th 1938
11th 1943 Roddy Connolly
(Lab)
12th 1944 Laurence Walsh
(FF)
13th 1948 Roddy Connolly
(Lab)
14th 1951 Laurence Walsh
(FF)
1954 by-election George Coburn
(FG)
15th 1954 Paddy Donegan
(FG)
16th 1957 Pádraig Faulkner[a]
(FF)
17th 1961 Paddy Donegan
(FG)
18th 1965
19th 1969
20th 1973 Joseph Farrell
(FF)
21st 1977 Eddie Filgate
(FF) 		4 seats
1977–2011
22nd 1981 Paddy Agnew
(AHB) 		Bernard Markey
(FG)
23rd 1982 (Feb) Thomas Bellew
(FF)
24th 1982 (Nov) Michael Bell
(Lab) 		Séamus Kirk[b]
(FF) 		Brendan McGahon
(FG)
25th 1987 Dermot Ahern
(FF)
26th 1989
27th 1992
28th 1997
29th 2002 Arthur Morgan
(SF) 		Fergus O'Dowd
(FG)
30th 2007
31st 2011 Gerry Adams
(SF) 		Ged Nash
(Lab) 		Peter Fitzpatrick
(FG)
32nd 2016 Declan Breathnach
(FF) 		Imelda Munster
(SF)
33rd 2020 Ruairí Ó Murchú
(SF) 		Ged Nash
(Lab) 		Peter Fitzpatrick
(Ind)
  1. ^ Faulker served as Ceann Comhairle in the 21st Dáil from 1977 to 1981, and was returned automatically at the 1981 election.
  2. ^ Kirk served as Ceann Comhairle in the 30th Dáil from 2009 to 2011, and was returned automatically at the 2011 election.
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