Catherine Connolly

Catherine Connolly
Connolly in 2022
Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
Assumed office
23 July 2020
Ceann ComhairleSeán Ó Fearghaíl
Preceded byPat "the Cope" Gallagher
Chair of the Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands
In office
4 April 2016 – 15 September 2020
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byNiamh Smyth
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2016
ConstituencyGalway West
Personal details
Born (1957-07-12) 12 July 1957 (age 67)
Galway, Ireland
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Labour Party (until 2006)
Spouse
Brian McEnery
(m. 1992)
Children2
Alma mater
Websitecatherineconnolly.ie

Catherine Connolly (born 12 July 1957) is an Irish independent politician who has been serving as the Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann since July 2020. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency since 2016. She previously served as Chair of the Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands from 2016 to 2020 and Mayor of Galway from 2004 to 2005.[1][2]

Connolly is a patron of the People's Movement.[3]

  1. ^ "Catherine Connolly". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Connolly and Pringle join I4C in April 2016". Oireachtas Éireann/Kildarestreet. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. ^ Patrons Archived 6 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine The Peoples Movement, www.people.ie