# Irish National Teachers' Organisation

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; John Boyle is the General Secretary and Mark McTaggart is the Northern Secretary.

## Members

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

## 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
    1910: Michael Doyle
    1913: Eamonn Mansfield
    1916: Thomas J. O'Connell
    1949: D. J. Kelleher
    1967: Seán Brosnahan
    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
    2021: Joe McKeown
    2022: John Driscoll
    2023: Dorothy McGinley

## 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.