Founded 1868 Affiliation ICTU Country Ireland | Members 40,615 Office location Dublin, Ireland | |
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Key people Sheila Nunan (General Secretary), | ||
The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO), (Irish: Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann), which was founded in 1868, is the 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, there is also an office in Belfast. The current INTO President (2016–17) is Rosena Jordan; Sheila Nunan is the General Secretary in the Republic and Gerry Murphy is the Northern Secretary.
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Members
As of 2015, the INTO claims to have 40,615 members – 33,690 in the 26 counties and 6,925 in the 6 counties.
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: Dr. T. 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 NunanPresidents
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 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: T 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: T 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: M 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 Wade 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: T Bates 1998: B Hynes 1999: D Rainey 2000: D Ó Loingsigh 2001: J Ward 2002: G Malone 2003: S Rowley 2004: A Corcoran 2005: S Nunan 2006: D Bohane 2007: A Dunne 2008: D Kelleher 2009: M Ní Chuinneagáin 2010: J Higgins 2011: N Flynn 2012: A Fay 2013: B O'Sullivan 2014: S McMahon 2015: E Dineen 2016: R JordanClub 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.