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Place of Birth: Cork, Munster, Ireland
About Eileen Lemass
- Eileen Lemass (née Delaney; born 7 July 1932) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician.She was born in Dublin in 1932, and was educated at St.
- Kevin's School, the National College of Art, Grafton Academy of Dress Designing and the Abbey Theatre School of Acting.
- She became involved in politics in 1974 when she was first elected to Dublin City Council.
- In 1976 she unsuccessfully contested the by-election in Dublin South-West caused by the death of her 47-year-old husband Noel Lemass, son of former Taoiseach Seán Lemass and brother-in-law of future Taoiseach Charles Haughey. She was first elected to Dáil Éireann for Dublin Ballyfermot at the 1977 general election.
- Lemass was elected again at the 1981 general election, this time for Dublin West, but lost her Dáil seat in February 1982. She won re-election in that year's second general election in November 1982.
- Two years later in 1984 she was elected to the European Parliament.
- She retired from domestic politics at the 1987 election and from European politics in 1989 when she lost her European seat.
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