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About Máirín Quill
- Máirín Quill (born 15 September 1936) is an Irish former politician.
- She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork North-Central from 1987 to 1997, representing the Progressive Democrats, and was later a Senator.A schoolteacher, Quill qualified as a primary school teacher from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick; she followed her teaching diploma by studying by night at University College Cork for a degree in English and History, and then a Higher Diploma in Education. She was first elected to Dáil Éireann for the Cork North-Central constituency at the 1987 general election.
- She was one of 14 Progressive Democrat TDs resulting from that party's first general election.
- She had previously contested Cork City at the 1977 general election and Cork North-Central at the 1981 general election, each time as a Fianna Fáil candidate and each time losing. Quill retained her seat in two successive general elections, but lost it at the 1997 general election to Billy Kelleher of Fianna Fáil.
- She was then nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, to the 21st Seanad.
- She did not contest the 2002 general election. From 1979 until 2009 she was a member of Cork City Council, representing the North East ward.
- She did not contest the 2009 local elections.
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