Name Helena Concannon Died February 27, 1952 | Role Politician Party Fianna Fail | |
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Helena Concannon (nee Walsh; 1878 – 27 February 1952) was an Irish historian, writer, language scholar and Fianna Fail politician.
Born in Derry, she was Professor of History at University College Galway. Many of her writings were on the subject of Irish women, including Canon Sheehan's Woman Characters (1910), Women of Ninety Eight (1919), Daughters of Banba (1922), The Poor Clares in Ireland (1929), and Irish nuns in penal days (1931).
She was first elected to Dail Eireann as a Fianna Fail Teachta Dala (TD) at the 1933 general election for the National University of Ireland constituency. At the 1938 general election, she was elected to Seanad Eireann for the National University of Ireland constituency. She was re-elected at each successive election and served in the Seanad until her death in 1952.
Her husband was the Irish scholar Thomas Concannon, Tomas Ban O Conceanainn, a national health inspector, and Helena authored several books as "Mrs Thomas Concannon".