Catherine Byrne (politician, died 1994)

For the Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2005–2006, see Catherine Byrne (Irish politician).

Catherine Byrne
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
June 1958 – June 1959
Preceded byJames Carroll
Succeeded byPhilip Brady
Dublin Corporation
In office
1949–1967
Personal details
Born
Catherine Fraser

c. 1897
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died24 January 1994(1994-01-24) (aged 96–97)
London, England
Political partyFine Gael
SpouseThomas Byrne

Catherine Byrne (née Fraser; c. 1897 – 24 January 1994) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. She was a member of Dublin Corporation from 1949 to 1967,[1] and served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1958 to 1959,[2] becoming the second woman to hold the position, and the first woman from Fine Gael.

Originally from Edinburgh, Scotland, Catherine Byrne was married to Thomas Byrne.[3] When he died in 1949, she replaced him on Dublin Corporation. In 1958 she was the Fine Gael candidate for Dublin's Lord Mayor. In autumn 1967, the now 70-year-old left the corporation, by which time she was its only female member, and moved to London, where she lived with her daughters. She did not return to Dublin again until September 1988 when the then Lord Mayor, Ben Briscoe, presented awards to his surviving predecessors to mark the city's millennium.[4][5]

She died in London on 24 January 1994.[6]

  1. ^ The Irish Times, 28 June 1958.
  2. ^ "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Scotswoman From Dublin; Catherine Byrne". New York Times. 17 March 1959. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. ^ The Irish Times, 7 September 1988.
  5. ^ "Former Dublin Mayors". RTÉ Archives. 6 September 1988. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  6. ^ The Irish Times, 26 January 1994.