Founded 1868 Affiliation ICTU Country Ireland | Members 40,615 | |
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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'Harte1871: John Morrin1877: J. W. Henly1878: A. K. O'Farrell1884: James Thompson1891: M. O'Kelly1894: J. Coffey1898: Dr. T. Clarke1910: Michael Doyle1913: Eamonn Mansfield1916: Thomas J. O'Connell1949: D. J. Kelleher1967: Seán Brosnahan1978: Gerry Quigley1990: Joe O'Toole2001: John Carr2009: Sheila NunanPresidents
1868: Vere Foster1873: John Boal1875: John Traynor1877: J Ferguson1882: W Cullen1883: J Nealon1889: P Ward1892: D.A. Simmons1904: J Nealon1905: J.J. Hazlet1906: D.C. Maher1907: P Gamble1908: D Elliot1909: J McGowan1910: E Mansfield1911: G O'Callaghan1912: Catherine M Mahon1914: G O'Callaghan1916: G Ramsey1917: J Cunningham1918: R Judge1919: T.J. Nunan1920: D.C. Maher1921: J Harbison1922: C Breathnach1923: D.A. Meehan1924: J McNeelis1925: C.P. Murphy1926: T Frisby1927: H O'Donnell1928: P.J. Quinn1929: E Caraher1930: W.P. Ward1931: R Neilly1932: M Kearney1933: C Breathnach1934: J Hurley1935: L Sweeney1936: D.F. Courell1937: J.F. O'Grady1938: T.J. Nunan1940: H.A. Macauley1941: J.P. Griffith1942: M Coleman1943: H O'Connor1944: T Frisby1945: K.M. Clarke1946: D.J. Kelleher1947: S Brosnahan1948: L Forde1949: J Mansfield1950: B Bergin1951: I.H. McEnaney1952: P Gormley1953: H.J. McManus1954: M Griffin1955: H.F. Mcune-Reid1956: M Skinnider1957: L O'Reilly1958: G Hurley1959: W.M. Keane1960: S McGlinchey1961: P.J. Looney1962: P O'Riordan1963: D O'Scanaill1964: P Carney1965: E Liston1966: R.S. Holland1967: J Allman1968: A.J. Faulkner1969: T Martin1970: T Wade1971: A Brennan1972: S O'Connor1973: S O'Brien1974: S Carew1975: S Eustace1976: B Gillespie1977: B Scannell1978: F Poole1979: G Keane1980: M McSweeney1981: F Cunningham1982: T Waldron1983: M O'Connell1984: J.J. Connelly1985: R Carabine1986: S Puirseil1987: T Honan1988: M Drew1989: T Gilmore1990: J White1991: J Collins1992: B Gilmore1993: E Bruton1994: M McGarry1995: S Shiels1996: L Mccloskey1997: T Bates1998: B Hynes1999: D Rainey2000: D Ó Loingsigh2001: J Ward2002: G Malone2003: S Rowley2004: A Corcoran2005: S Nunan2006: D Bohane2007: A Dunne2008: D Kelleher2009: M Ní Chuinneagáin2010: J Higgins2011: N Flynn2012: A Fay2013: B O'Sullivan2014: S McMahon2015: E Dineen2016: 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.