Irish National Teachers' Organisation

Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO)
Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann
Founded	1868
Headquarters	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Location	Republic of Ireland; Northern Ireland;
Members	50,042
Key people	John Boyle (General Secretary),
Affiliations	Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Website	www.into.ie

The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) (Irish: Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann), founded in 1868, is the oldest and largest teachers' trade union in Ireland. It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at primary and post-primary level in Northern Ireland. The head office is at Parnell Square, Dublin, and there is a Northern Irish office in Belfast. The current INTO President (2023–24) is Dorothy McGinley;^[3] John Boyle is the General Secretary and Mark McTaggart is the Northern Secretary.^[4]

Members

The union website claimed 50,042 members (43,141 in Republic of Ireland and 6,901 in Northern Ireland) as of February 2021.^[5]

General secretaries

1868: John O'Harte

1871: John Morrin

1877: J. W. Henly

1878: A. K. O'Farrell

1884: James Thompson

1891: M. O'Kelly

1894: J. Coffey

1898: Terence Clarke^[6]

1910: Michael Doyle

1913: Eamonn Mansfield

1916: Thomas J. O'Connell

1949: D. J. Kelleher

1967: Seán Brosnahan^[7]

1978: Gerry Quigley

1990: Joe O'Toole

2001: John Carr

2009: Sheila Nunan

2019: John Boyle

Presidents

1868: Vere Foster

1873: John Boal

1875: John Traynor

1877: J Ferguson

1882: W Cullen

1883: J Nealon

1889: P Ward

1892: D.A. Simmons

1897: T Clarke

1899: J Hegarty

1904: J Nealon

1905: J.J. Hazlet

1906: D.C. Maher

1907: P Gamble

1908: D Elliot

1909: J McGowan

1910: E Mansfield

1911: G O'Callaghan

1912: Catherine M Mahon

1914: G O'Callaghan

1916: G Ramsey

1917: J Cunningham

1918: R Judge

1919: T.J. Nunan

1920: D.C. Maher

1921: J Harbison

1922: C Breathnach

1923: D.A. Meehan

1924: J McNeelis

1925: C.P. Murphy

1926: Thomas Frisby

1927: H O'Donnell

1928: P.J. Quinn

1929: E Caraher

1930: W.P. Ward

1931: R Neilly

1932: M Kearney

1933: C Breathnach

1934: J Hurley

1935: L Sweeney

1936: D.F. Courell

1937: J.F. O'Grady

1938: T.J. Nunan

1940: H.A. Macauley

1941: J.P. Griffith

1942: M Coleman

1943: H O'Connor

1944: Thomas Frisby

1945: K.M. Clarke

1946: D.J. Kelleher

1947: S Brosnahan

1948: L Forde

1949: J Mansfield

1950: B Bergin

1951: I.H. McEnaney

1952: P Gormley

1953: H.J. McManus

1954: M Griffin

1955: H.F. Mcune-Reid

1956: Margaret Skinnider

1957: L O'Reilly

1958: G Hurley

1959: W.M. Keane

1960: S McGlinchey

1961: P.J. Looney

1962: P O'Riordan

1963: D O'Scanaill

1964: P Carney

1965: E Liston

1966: R.S. Holland

1967: J Allman

1968: A.J. Faulkner

1969: T Martin

1970: T Warde

1971: A Brennan

1972: S O'Connor

1973: S O'Brien

1974: S Carew

1975: S Eustace

1976: B Gillespie

1977: B Scannell

1978: F Poole

1979: G Keane

1980: M McSweeney

1981: F Cunningham

1982: T Waldron

1983: M O'Connell

1984: J. J. Connelly

1985: R Carabine

1986: S Puirseil

1987: T Honan

1988: M Drew

1989: T Gilmore

1990: J White

1991: J Collins

1992: B Gilmore

1993: E Bruton

1994: M McGarry

1995: S Shiels

1996: L Mccloskey

1997: Tony Bates

1998: Brian Hynes

1999: Des Rainey

2000: Donal Ó Loingsigh

2001: Joan Ward

2002: Gerry Malone

2003: Sean Rowley

2004: Austin Corcoran

2005: Sheila Nunan

2006: Denis Bohane

2007: Angela Dunne

2008: Declan Kelleher

2009: Máire Ní Chuinneagáin

2010: Jim Higgins

2011: Noreen Flynn

2012: Anne Fay

2013: Brendan O'Sullivan

2014: Seán McMahon

2015: Emma Dineen

2016: Rosena Jordan

2017: John Boyle

2018: Joe Killeen

2019: Feargal Brougham

2020: Mary Magner^[8]

2021: Joe McKeown^[9]

2022: John Driscoll^[10]

2023: Dorothy McGinley^[11]

Club na Múinteoirí

Door of Club na Múinteoirí

Next door to the union's head office on Parnell Square is Club na Múinteoirí (the Teachers' Club) which is operated by the INTO as a space for cultural and social events, including halls, meeting rooms, a bar, and a theatre in the basement.^[12]

References

^ "About".
^ "General Secretary & Deputy General Secretary".
^ "President & Vice-President".
^ FUSIO.net. "Our People". Irish National Teachers' Organisation. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ "Current Membership". INTO. April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ Dr. Clarke in later references, he achieved his LL.D from the Royal University in 1900 – Irish Independent 14 June 1909
^ Ward, Noel, The I.N.T.O. and the Catholic Church, 1930-1955 (M.A. thesis, University College Dublin, 1987), p.79
^ "President & Vice-President".
^ "President & Vice-President".
^ "President & Vice-President".
^ "President & Vice-President".
^ "Club na Múinteoirí: The Teachers' Club". INTO. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

External links

Irish National Teachers' Organisation

[1] "About".

[2] "General Secretary & Deputy General Secretary".

[3] "President & Vice-President".

[4] FUSIO.net. "Our People". Irish National Teachers' Organisation. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[5] "Current Membership". INTO. April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[6] Dr. Clarke in later references, he achieved his LL.D from the Royal University in 1900 – Irish Independent 14 June 1909

[7] Ward, Noel, The I.N.T.O. and the Catholic Church, 1930-1955 (M.A. thesis, University College Dublin, 1987), p.79

[8] "President & Vice-President".

[9] "President & Vice-President".

[10] "President & Vice-President".

[11] "President & Vice-President".

[12] "Club na Múinteoirí: The Teachers' Club". INTO. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

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Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann

Founded	1868
Headquarters	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Location	Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland
Members	50,042^[1]
Key people	John Boyle (General Secretary),^[2]
Affiliations	Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Website	www.into.ie