List of Irish Politicians - Party Leaders

Party Leaders

Party leaders serving 10 years or more are:

Leader Tenure Party Period Constituency
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh 39y Sinn Féin 1970–83 Longford–Westmeath
Republican Sinn Féin 1986–2009
Éamon de Valera 33y Fianna Fáil 1926–59 Clare
William Norton 28y Labour Party 1932–60 Kildare
Gerry Adams 27y Sinn Féin 1983– Belfast West
Tomás Mac Giolla 26y Sinn Féin 1962–70 Dublin West
Official Sinn Féin 1970–77
Sinn Féin the Workers Party 1977–82
Workers' Party 1982–88
Joseph Blowick 21y Clann na Talmhan 1944–65 Mayo
W. T. Cosgrave 20y Cumann na nGaedheal 1923–33 Carlow–Kilkenny
Fine Gael 1934–44
Seán MacBride 19y Clann na Poblachta 1946–65 Dublin County
John Redmond 18y Irish Parliamentary Party 1900–18 Waterford City
Brendan Corish 17y Labour Party 1960–77 Wexford
Richard Mulcahy 15y Fine Gael 1944–59 Tipperary
Dick Spring 15y Labour Party 1982–97 Kerry North
Bertie Ahern 14y Fianna Fáil 1994–2008 Dublin Central
Mary Harney 14y Progressive Democrats 1993–2006,
2007–08		 Dublin Mid West
Jack Lynch 13y Fianna Fáil 1966–79 Cork City
Charles Haughey 13y Fianna Fáil 1979–92 Dublin North Central
Margaret Buckley 13y Sinn Féin 1937–50 None
Liam Cosgrave 12y Fine Gael 1965–77 Dún Laoghaire
John Bruton 11y Fine Gael 1990–2001 Meath
Garret FitzGerald 10y Fine Gael 1977–87 Dublin South East

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