Families in The Oireachtas - S

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• Dan Spring (1910–1988): Lab TD Kerry North 1943–1981
  • his son Dick Spring (born 1950): Lab TD Kerry North 1981–2002
    • Dick's nephew Arthur Spring: Lab TD Kerry North–West Limerick 2011–
• Joe Sherlock (1930–2007): SFWP TD Cork East 1981–1982, WP TD 1987–1992, Lab TD 2002–2007, Seanad 1993–1997
  • his son Seán Sherlock (born 1972): Lab TD Cork East 2007–
• Timothy Sullivan (1827–1914): Home Rule/IPP MP Westmeath 1880–1885, Dublin College Green 1885–1892, West Donegal 1892–1900
  • his brother Alexander Sullivan (1830–1884): Lib/IPP MP County Louth 1874–1880, County Meath 1880–1882
  • his nephew Tim Healy (1855–1931): IPP MP Wexford 1880–1883, Monaghan 1883–1885, South Londonderry 1885–1886, North Longford 1886–1892, North Louth 1892–1910 (First Governor-General of the Irish Free State 1922–1928)
    • Tim Healy's brother Thomas Joseph Healy (1854–1924): IPP MP North Wexford 1892–1900
    • Tim Healy's brother Maurice Healy (1859–1923): IPP MP Cork City 1885–1900 and 1909–1910, North East Cork 1910–1918
  • Timothy Sullivan's grandson Kevin O'Higgins (1892–1927): CnaG TD Laois–Offaly 1918–1927
    • Kevin's brother Thomas F. O'Higgins (died 1953): CnaG/FG TD Dublin, Laois–Offaly, Cork 1929–1953
      • Thomas's son Tom O'Higgins (1916–2003): FG TD Laois–Offaly, 1943–1973
      • Thomas's son Michael O'Higgins (1917–2005): FG TD Dublin South–West, Wicklow 1948–1969
        • Michael's wife Brigid Hogan O'Higgins (born 1932): FG TD Galway 1957–1977
          • her father Patrick Hogan (1891–1936): FG TD Galway 1921–1936
    • Kevin's grandson Chris O'Malley (born 1959): FG MEP Munster 1986–1989
• John Sweetman (1844–1936): IPP MP East Wicklow 1892–1895
  • his cousin Roger Sweetman (1874–1954): SF TD Wexford North 1919–1921
    • Roger's son Edmund Sweetman (1912–1968): FG Senator 1948–1951
    • Roger's nephew Gerard Sweetman (1908–1970): FG Senator 1943–1948, TD Kildare 1948–1970