Brendan Corish

Brendan Corish
Corish in 1949
Tánaiste
In office
14 March 1973 – 5 July 1977
TaoiseachLiam Cosgrave
Preceded byErskine H. Childers
Succeeded byGeorge Colley
Minister for Health
In office
14 March 1973 – 5 July 1977
TaoiseachLiam Cosgrave
Preceded byErskine Childers
Succeeded byCharles Haughey
Leader of the Labour Party
In office
2 March 1960 – 26 June 1977
Preceded byWilliam Norton
Succeeded byFrank Cluskey
Minister for Social Welfare
In office
14 March 1973 – 5 July 1977
TaoiseachLiam Cosgrave
Preceded byJoseph Brennan
Succeeded byCharles Haughey
In office
2 June 1954 – 20 March 1957
TaoiseachJohn A. Costello
Preceded byJames Ryan
Succeeded byPaddy Smith
Parliamentary Secretary
1948–1951Defence
1948–1951Local Government
Teachta Dála
In office
December 1945 – February 1982
ConstituencyWexford
Personal details
Born(1918-11-19)19 November 1918
Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland
Died17 February 1990(1990-02-17) (aged 71)
Wexford, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party
Spouse
Phyllis Donohoe
(m. 1949)
Children3

Brendan Corish (19 November 1918 – 17 February 1990) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Tánaiste and Minister for Health from 1973 to 1977, Leader of the Labour Party, Minister for Social Welfare from 1954 to 1957 and from 1973 to 1977, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government from 1948 to 1951. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1948 to 1982.[1]

  1. ^ "Brendan Corish". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2012.