Máirín Quill

Máirín Quill
Senator
In office 17 September 1997 – 12 September 2002
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
Teachta Dála
In office February 1987 – June 1997
Constituency	Cork North-Central
Personal details
Born	(1936-09-15)15 September 1936 County Kerry, Ireland
Died	18 December 2025(2025-12-18) (aged 89) Cork, Ireland
Party	Progressive Democrats (1985–2009)
Other political affiliations	Fianna Fáil (1977–1985)
Education	Mary Immaculate College University College Cork

Máirín Quill (15 September 1936 – 18 December 2025) was an Irish politician. She served as a senator from 1997 to 2002, after being nominated by the Taoiseach, and was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central constituency from 1987 to 1997.

Life and career

Quill was born on a farm in Kilgarvan, County Kerry, in 1936. A schoolteacher, she 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 taught English and history at St Vincent's Secondary School in Cork City.

Quill contested the Cork City constituency at the 1977 general election and Cork North-Central at the 1981 general election, each time unsuccessfully as a Fianna Fáil candidate. She was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Cork North-Central constituency at the 1987 general election, and was one of 14 Progressive Democrats TDs resulting from that party's first general election.

Quill retained her seat in two successive general elections, but lost it at the 1997 general election. 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 area. She did not contest the 2009 local elections.

Quill died on 18 December 2025, at the age of 89.