List of presidential appointees to the Council of State (Ireland)
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e.g. a value of 3 indicates that the relevant date interval was the 3rd time the person was a nominee on the Council of State.

List of presidential appointees to the Council of State (Ireland)

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: e.g. a value of 3 indicates that the relevant date interval was the 3rd time the person was a nominee on the Council of State.

Appointee	Time	President appointing	Date appointed	Date ceased	Role on appointment; notes	References

James Dillon	1	Douglas Hyde	8 January 1940	24 June 1945?	TD, initially for Fine Gael, later Independent

Robert Farnan	1	Douglas Hyde	8 January 1940	24 June 1945?	Senator nominated by the Taoiseach

John Keane	1	Douglas Hyde	8 January 1940	24 June 1945?	Independent Senator. Anglo-Irish Baronet.

Richard Mulcahy	1	Douglas Hyde	8 January 1940	24 June 1945?	Fine Gael TD

William Norton	1	Douglas Hyde	8 January 1940	24 June 1945?	Labour Party leader

Michael Tierney	1	Douglas Hyde	8 January 1940	1944	Independent Senator and University College Dublin professor of Greek

Joseph Blowick	1	Seán T. O'Kelly	22 August 1946	24 June 1952?	Clann na Talmhan leader

Bernard Forbes	1	Seán T. O'Kelly	22 August 1946	10 September 1948	Anglo-Irish, 8th Earl of Granard. Died in office.

Richard Mulcahy	2	Seán T. O'Kelly	22 August 1946	24 June 1952?	Leader of the Opposition

Robert Farnan	2	Seán T. O'Kelly	22 August 1946	24 June 1952?

Thomas Foran	1	Seán T. O'Kelly	22 August 1946	18 March 1951	Senator nominated by the Taoiseach. Died in office.

John Keane	2	Seán T. O'Kelly	22 August 1946	24 June 1952?

William Norton	2	Seán T. O'Kelly	22 August 1946	18 February 1948	Tánaiste, and ex officio member of the Council, after the 1948 general election.

Seán MacEntee	1	Seán T. O'Kelly	1948	24 June 1952?	Fianna Fáil minister.

Robert Farnan	3	Seán T. O'Kelly	March 1953	24 June 1959

John Keane	3	Seán T. O'Kelly	March 1953	30 January 1956	Died in office

Seán MacEntee	2	Seán T. O'Kelly	March 1953	23 June 1959	Made Tánaiste, and ex officio member of the Council, the day before O'Kelly's term expired

Richard Mulcahy	3	Seán T. O'Kelly	March 1953	24 June 1959

William Norton	3	Seán T. O'Kelly	March 1953	2 June 1954	Tánaiste, and ex officio member of the Council, in the 1954–57 government.

Cecil Stafford-King-Harman	1	Seán T. O'Kelly	1956	24 June 1959	Anglo-Irish, grandson of Edward King-Harman; owned the Rockingham Estate, now Lough Key Forest Park

William Norton	4	Seán T. O'Kelly	1957	24 June 1959	Tánaiste, and ex officio member of the Council, till after the 1957 general election.

Patrick Little	1	Seán T. O'Kelly	July 1957	24 June 1959	Fianna Fáil TD

Maurice E. Dockrell	1	Seán T. O'Kelly	1958?	24 June 1959	Anglo-Irish Fine Gael TD

Maurice E. Dockrell	2	Éamon de Valera	23 September 1959	24 June 1966?

Robert Farnan	4	Éamon de Valera	23 September 1959	7 January 1962	Died in office

Patrick Little	2	Éamon de Valera	23 September 1959	16 May 1963	Died in office

Richard Mulcahy	4	Éamon de Valera	23 September 1959	24 June 1966?

William Norton	5	Éamon de Valera	23 September 1959	4 December 1963	Died in office

Stephen M. O'Mara	1	Éamon de Valera	23 September 1959	11 November 1959	Former Mayor of Limerick. Died in office.

Domhnall Ua Buachalla	1	Éamon de Valera	23 September 1959	30 October 1963	Former Governor-General of the Irish Free State. Died in office.

James Dillon	2	Éamon de Valera	March 1960	24 June 1966?	Fine Gael Leader of the Opposition. Replaced Stephen O'Mara.

Robert Briscoe	1	Éamon de Valera	1962	24 June 1966?	Jewish Fianna Fáil TD. Replaced Robert Farnan.

Brendan Corish	1	Éamon de Valera	13 January 1964	24 June 1966?	Labour Party leader. Replaced William Norton.

Honor Crowley	1	Éamon de Valera	13 January 1964	24 June 1966?	Fianna Fáil TD

Jane Dowdall	1	Éamon de Valera	13 January 1964	24 June 1966?	Fianna Fáil former Senator and Lord Mayor of Cork

Robert Briscoe	2	Éamon de Valera	13 January 1967	29 May 1969	Died in office

Brendan Corish	2	Éamon de Valera	13 January 1967	14 March 1973	Became Tánaiste, and ex-officio member of the Council, after the 1973 general election.

James Dillon	3	Éamon de Valera	13 January 1967	24 June 1973?

Maurice E. Dockrell	3	Éamon de Valera	13 January 1967	24 June 1973?

Jane Dowdall	2	Éamon de Valera	13 January 1967	24 June 1973?

Richard Mulcahy	5	Éamon de Valera	13 January 1967	16 December 1971	Died in office

Seán MacEntee	3	Éamon de Valera	16 February 1968	24 June 1973?

Frank Aiken	1	Éamon de Valera	3 July 1969	24 June 1973?	Fianna Fáil TD. Tánaiste, and ex officio member of the Council, till after the 1969 general election. Replaced Bob Briscoe.

Albert Joseph McConnell	1	Éamon de Valera	2 January 1973	24 June 1973?	Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. Replaced Richard Mulcahy.

Barry Desmond	1	Éamon de Valera	11 April 1973	24 June 1973	Labour Party minister. Replaced Brendan Corish.

Frank Aiken	2	Erskine Childers	1973	17 November 1974

Barry Desmond	2	Erskine Childers	1973	17 November 1974

James Dillon	4	Erskine Childers	1973	17 November 1974

Maurice E. Dockrell	4	Erskine Childers	1973	17 November 1974

Jane Dowdall	3	Erskine Childers	1973	17 November 1974	Died on 12 December 1974, before the newly elected President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh had appointed nominees to the Council.

Seán MacEntee	4	Erskine Childers	1973	17 November 1974

Albert Joseph McConnell	2	Erskine Childers	1973	17 November 1974

Frank Aiken	3	Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh	2 January 1975	22 October 1976

Barry Desmond	3	Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh	2 January 1975	22 October 1976

James Dillon	5	Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh	2 January 1975	22 October 1976

Maurice E. Dockrell	5	Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh	2 January 1975	22 October 1976

Seán MacEntee	5	Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh	2 January 1975	22 October 1976

Albert Joseph McConnell	3	Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh	2 January 1975	22 October 1976

Siobhán McKenna	1	Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh	2 January 1975	22 October 1976	Actress. Replaced Jane Dowdall.

Frank Aiken	4	Patrick Hillery	24 March 1977	19 May 1983	Died in office

Barry Desmond	4	Patrick Hillery	24 March 1977	2 December 1983

James Dillon	6	Patrick Hillery	24 March 1977	2 December 1983

Maurice E. Dockrell	6	Patrick Hillery	24 March 1977	2 December 1983

Seán MacEntee	6	Patrick Hillery	24 March 1977	2 December 1983

Albert Joseph McConnell	4	Patrick Hillery	24 March 1977	2 December 1983

Siobhán McKenna	2	Patrick Hillery	24 March 1977	2 December 1983

Máirín Bean Uí Dhálaigh	1	Patrick Hillery	June 1983	2 December 1983	Widow of President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh. Replaced Frank Aiken.

Barry Desmond	5	Patrick Hillery	16 December 1983	2 December 1990

James Dillon	7	Patrick Hillery	16 December 1983	10 February 1986	Died in office

Maurice E. Dockrell	7	Patrick Hillery	16 December 1983	9 December 1986	Died in office

Seán MacEntee	7	Patrick Hillery	16 December 1983	10 January 1984	Died in office

Albert Joseph McConnell	5	Patrick Hillery	16 December 1983	2 December 1990

Siobhán McKenna	3	Patrick Hillery	16 December 1983	16 November 1986	Died in office

Máirín Bean Uí Dhálaigh	2	Patrick Hillery	16 December 1983	2 December 1990

Pádraig Faulkner	1	Patrick Hillery	1984	2 December 1990	Former Fianna Fáil minister and Ceann Comhairle. Replaced Seán MacEntee.

Alan Dukes	1	Patrick Hillery	2 May 1988	2 December 1990	Fine Gael leader of the Opposition

Catherine McGuinness	1	Patrick Hillery	2 May 1988	2 December 1990	Barrister and former Independent Senator

Gemma Hussey	1	Patrick Hillery	8 September 1989	2 December 1990	Fine Gael TD

Monica Barnes	1	Mary Robinson	20 February 1991	April 1995	Fine Gael TD. Resigned to make way for Mary O'Rourke.

Emer Colleran	1	Mary Robinson	20 February 1991	12 September 1997	An Taisce

Patricia O'Donovan	1	Mary Robinson	20 February 1991	12 September 1997	Trade union barrister

Quintin Oliver	1	Mary Robinson	20 February 1991	12 September 1997	Director of the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action

Rosemarie Smith	1	Mary Robinson	20 February 1991	12 September 1997	Irish Farmers' Association official

Donal Toolan	1	Mary Robinson	20 February 1991	12 September 1997	Disabled journalist

T. K. Whitaker	1	Mary Robinson	20 February 1991	12 September 1997	Former civil servant and Senator

Mary O'Rourke	1	Mary Robinson	April 1995	12 September 1997	Fianna Fáil TD. Replaced Monica Barnes.

Gordon Brett	1	Mary McAleese	16 December 1997	10 November 2004	Psychologist

Brian Crowley	1	Mary McAleese	16 December 1997	10 November 2004	Fianna Fáil MEP

Christina Carney Flynn	1	Mary McAleese	16 December 1997	10 November 2004	Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union official

Ruth Curtis	1	Mary McAleese	16 December 1997	10 November 2004	NUI Galway psychology professor

Stanislaus Kennedy	1	Mary McAleese	16 December 1997	10 November 2004	Nun, Focus Ireland campaigner

Martin Naughton	1	Mary McAleese	16 December 1997	10 November 2004	Businessman

Noel Stewart	1	Mary McAleese	16 December 1997	10 November 2004	Belfast accountant

Harvey Bicker	1	Mary McAleese	22 November 2004	10 November 2011	Former British Army colonel and Ulster Unionist Party councillor

Anastasia Crickley	1	Mary McAleese	22 November 2004	10 November 2011	Chair of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism

Mary Davis	1	Mary McAleese	22 November 2004	10 November 2011	Special Olympics activist

Martin Mansergh	1	Mary McAleese	22 November 2004	10 November 2011	Fianna Fáil Senator

Enda Marren	1	Mary McAleese	22 November 2004	10 November 2011	Fine Gael activist

Denis Moloney	1	Mary McAleese	22 November 2004	10 November 2011	Northern Irish lawyer

Daráine Mulvihill	1	Mary McAleese	22 November 2004	10 November 2011	Meningitis survivor

Michael Farrell	1	Michael D. Higgins	6 January 2012	10 November 2018	Solicitor and human/civil rights campaigner

Deirdre Heenan	1	Michael D. Higgins	6 January 2012	10 November 2018	Provost and Dean of Academic Development, Magee College, University of Ulster

Catherine McGuinness	2	Michael D. Higgins	6 January 2012	10 November 2018	Former Senator, Supreme Court judge and President, Law Reform Commission

Ruairí McKiernan	1	Michael D. Higgins	6 January 2012	10 November 2018	Community activist; Social entrepreneur; founder SpunOut.ie

Sally Mulready	1	Michael D. Higgins	6 January 2012	10 November 2018	Councillor, London Borough of Hackney

Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh	1	Michael D. Higgins	6 January 2012	10 November 2018	Professor Emeritus, NUI Galway; Former Cathaoirleach, Údarás na Gaeltachta

Gerard Quinn	1	Michael D. Higgins	6 January 2012	10 November 2018	Director, Centre for Disability Law and Policy, NUI Galway

Cara Augustenborg	1	Michael D. Higgins	4 April 2019	Incumbent	Fellow in environmental policy at University College Dublin

Sinéad Burke	1	Michael D. Higgins	4 April 2019	Incumbent	Disability activist

Sindy Joyce	1	Michael D. Higgins	4 April 2019	Incumbent	Irish Travellers' rights activist

Maurice Malone	1	Michael D. Higgins	4 April 2019	Incumbent	Chief executive of the Birmingham Irish Association

Johnston McMaster	1	Michael D. Higgins	4 April 2019	Incumbent	Methodist minister and academic at the Irish School of Ecumenics

Mary Murphy	1	Michael D. Higgins	4 April 2019	Incumbent	Social policy academic at NUI Maynooth

Seán Ó Cuirreáin	1	Michael D. Higgins	4 April 2019	Incumbent	Journalist and former Coimisinéir Teanga

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Davis was appointed to the Irish Council of State by President Mary McAleese of Ireland, in 2004.
Davis was appointed to the Irish Council of State by President Mary McAleese in 2004.
Davis was appointed to the Irish Council of State by President Mary McAleese as President of Ireland, starting in 2004.

final_sentence: Davis was appointed to the Irish Council of State by President Mary McAleese of Ireland, in 2004.
final_sentence: Davis was appointed to the Irish Council of State by President Mary McAleese in 2004.
final_sentence: Davis was appointed to the Irish Council of State by President Mary McAleese as President of Ireland, starting in 2004.