Eileen Costello

Eileen (Ellen) Costello (Irish: Eibhlín Bean Ui Coisdealbha) (née Drury; died 4 March 1962) was an Irish politician, writer, teacher and folklorist. She was elected to the Irish Free State Seanad Éireann as an independent member in December 1922.^[1] She was one of four women elected or appointed to the first Seanad in 1922.^[2] She was re-elected for 3 years in 1931 but lost her seat in the 1934 Seanad election.

In 1919, Costello published a compilation of traditional folk-songs from County Galway and County Mayo, titled Amhráin Muighe Seola: Traditional folk-songs from Galway and Mayo.

Literature

Amhráin Muighe Seola, Eileen Costello, (London: Irish Folk Song Society; Dublin : Candle Press, 1919).

References

↑ "Mrs Eileen Costello". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
↑ The other women were Alice Stopford Green, Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart and Jennie Wyse Power

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Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (Ind)
Leader of the Seanad name (party)

Elected in 1931

3 years	Kathleen Browne (CnaG) Eileen Costello (Ind)

6 years	William O'Sullivan (CnaG)

9 years	Michael Comyn (FF) John Counihan (CnaG) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Hugh Garahan (CnaG) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Seán MacEllin (FF) Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (CnaG) Daniel MacParland (FF) Maurice George Moore (FF) Laurence O'Neill (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William Quirke (FF) David Robinson (FF) Séamus Ryan (FF) Michael Staines (CnaG) Arthur Vincent (Ind)

Elected in 1928

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Alfred Byrne (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Thomas Johnson (Lab) Richard Wilson (CnaG)

9 years	Kathleen Clarke (FF) Joseph Connolly (FF) Seán Milroy (CnaG) Joseph O'Doherty (FF) Séamus Robinson (FF)

Elected in 1925

9 years	Thomas Westropp Bennett (Ind) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG)

12 years	Henry Barniville (CnaG) Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th Baronet (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (CnaG) Michael Fanning (CnaG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Bernard Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (Ind) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (CnaG) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG)

Nominated by the President in 1922

12 years	Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (FF) Sir Thomas Esmonde, 11th Baronet (Ind) Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected at by-elections

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
Jan. 1932 George Crosbie (CnaG)
Apr. 1933 Eamonn Duggan (CnaG)
Jan. 1934 Ernest Blythe (CnaG)
Raphael Keyes (FF)
Sep. 1934 Patrick Lynch (FF)

CnaG: Cumann na nGaedheal
FF: Fianna Fáil
Lab: Labour Party
Ind: Independent

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Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG)
Leader of the Seanad name (party)

Elected in 1928

3 years	Michael Comyn (FF) Seán MacEllin (FF) Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) Sir Walter Nugent, 4th Baronet (Ind)

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Alfred Byrne (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Thomas Johnson (Lab) Sir Bryan Mahon (Ind) Richard Wilson (CnaG)

9 years	Kathleen Clarke (FF) Joseph Connolly (FF) Seán Milroy (CnaG) Joseph O'Doherty (FF) Séamus Robinson (FF) William Sears (CnaG)

Elected in 1925

6 years	John Counihan (CnaG)

9 years	Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG)

12 years	Henry Barniville (CnaG) Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th Baronet (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (CnaG) Michael Fanning (CnaG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Bernard Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (Ind) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (CnaG) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG)

Elected in 1922

9 years	William Barrington (Ind) Eileen Costello (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Alice Stopford Green (Ind) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Patrick W. Kenny (CnaG) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (Ind) William Molloy (Ind) Maurice George Moore (FF) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William O'Sullivan (CnaG)

Nominated by the President in 1922

12 years	Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (FF) Sir Thomas Esmonde, 11th Baronet (Ind) Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected at by-elections

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
Mar. 1927 Patrick Hooper (Ind)
Apr. 1929 Sir Nugent Everard, 1st Baronet (Ind)
Jun. 1929 Kathleen Browne (CnaG)
Laurence O'Neill (Ind)
Oct. 1929 Richard A. Butler (Ind)
Dec. 1930 Michael Staines (CnaG)
May 1931 Arthur Vincent (Ind)
Nov. 1931 George Crosbie (CnaG)

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Cathaoirleach James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy (Ind)
Leader of the Seanad name (party)

Elected in 1925

6 years	John Counihan (CnaG)

9 years	Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG)

12 years	Henry Barniville (CnaG) Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th Baronet (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (FP) Michael Fanning (CnaG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Bernard Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (FP) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (FP) Stephen O'Mara (CnaG) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG)

Elected in 1922

9 years	William Barrington (Ind) Eileen Costello (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Alice Stopford Green (Ind) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Patrick W. Kenny (CnaG) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (Ind) William Molloy (Ind) Maurice George Moore (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William O'Sullivan (CnaG)

Nominated by the President in 1922

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Henry Givens Burgess (Ind) James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy (Ind) Sir Nugent Everard, 1st Baronet (Ind) Edmund W. Eyre (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) James Perry Goodbody (Ind) Henry Greer (Ind) Benjamin Haughton (Ind) Ralph Howard, 7th Earl of Wicklow (Ind) Arthur Jackson (Ind) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Sir Bryan Mahon (Ind) Geoffrey Taylour, 4th Marquess of Headfort (Ind) W. B. Yeats (Ind)

12 years	Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo (Ind) Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (Ind) Sir Thomas Esmonde, 11th Baronet (Ind) Martin Fitzgerald (Ind) Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne (Ind) Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected or appointed later

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
Jan. 1927 P. J. Brady (Ind)
Mar. 1927 Patrick Hooper (Ind)
Mar. 1928 Sir Walter Nugent, 4th Baronet (Ind)

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Cathaoirleach James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy (Ind)
Leader of the Seanad name (party)

Elected in 1922

3 years	Henry Barniville (CnaG) Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Richard A. Butler (Ind) John Counihan (Ind) Peter de Loughry (CnaG) Cornelius Irwin (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (FP) Joseph Clayton Love (CnaG) Edward MacEvoy (CnaG) Edward MacLysaght (Ind) Eamonn Mansfield (Ind) George Nesbitt (Ind) Michael O'Dea (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) James Parkinson (CnaG)

9 years	William Barrington (Ind) Eileen Costello (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Alice Stopford Green (Ind) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Patrick W. Kenny (CnaG) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (Ind) Thomas MacPartlin (Lab) William Molloy (Ind) Maurice George Moore (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William O'Sullivan (CnaG)

Nominated by the President

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Henry Givens Burgess (Ind) James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy (Ind) Sir Nugent Everard, 1st Baronet (Ind) Edmund W. Eyre (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) James Perry Goodbody (Ind) Henry Greer (Ind) Benjamin Haughton (Ind) Ralph Howard, 7th Earl of Wicklow (Ind) Arthur Jackson (Ind) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Sir Bryan Mahon (Ind) Geoffrey Taylour, 4th Marquess of Headfort (Ind) W. B. Yeats (Ind)

12 years	Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo (Ind) Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (Ind) Sir Thomas Esmonde, 11th Baronet (Ind) Martin Fitzgerald (Ind) Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne (Ind) Sir Horace Plunkett (Ind) Sir Hutcheson Poë, 1st Baronet (Ind) George Sigerson (Ind) Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected or appointed later

Feb. 1923 William Cummins (Lab)
Nov. 1923 Thomas Foran (Lab)
Dec. 1923 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
1925 Douglas Hyde (Ind)
John O'Neill (CnaG)