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M\u00e1ir\u00edn Quill – RIP(Image: RIP.ie)<\/p>\n‘M\u00e1ir\u00edn loved Cork city but in particular the northside’M\u00e1ir\u00edn Quill – RIP(Image: RIP.ie)<\/p>\n
Former Cork TD and Senator M\u00e1ir\u00edn Quill has died today aged 89.<\/p>\n
Born in County Kerry in 1936, Ms Quill was elected to the D\u00e1il in 1987, serving as TD for the Cork North-Central constituency. While she had previously contested the seat for Fianna F\u00e1il, she was ultimately elected as a TD for the Progressive Democrats, of which she was a founding member. Ms Quill also made history as the first woman from Cork to be elected to the D\u00e1il who did not replace a family member.<\/p>\n
Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin this evening said that he was “deeply, deeply saddened” to learn of Ms Quill’s passing: “Erudite and impactful, M\u00e1ir\u00edn championed the arts and culture in the city of Cork. I served on many boards with her, but I particularly enjoyed our time together on the arts committee of Cork Corporation.<\/p>\n
“M\u00e1ir\u00edn was a true renaissance figure with a great sense of the future of our city. She was always very helpful in providing advice and creative ideas. She was a true patriot and it was an honour to be her friend and colleague. My deepest sympathies go to all her family and friends. Ar dheis D\u00e9 go raibh a hanam.”<\/p>\n
Fianna F\u00e1il MEP Billy Kelleher, previously a TD for Cork North-Central, also shared a tribute to the late former senator: \u201cM\u00e1irin Quill was not just a constituency colleague, she was a friend of mine, and I will miss her now that she has passed away.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we shared the constituency of Cork North-Central, and competed for votes, I can truthfully say I don\u2019t think we ever shared a bad word between us. M\u00e1ir\u00edn loved Cork city but in particular the northside of Cork where she served with distinction as a councillor, Senator and TD for many years.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor over nine years, we served together in the Oireachtas, and over that time, I grew to respect and admire her deeply. She will be fondly remembered by the thousands of students she taught in her lifetime. She had an amazing ability to communicate with young people, and to get them to open up about their hopes, dreams and ambitions. In her role as a teacher, she contributed greatly to the education system on Cork’s northside.”<\/p>\n
Mr Kelleher added: \u201cMy sympathies to her family, especially her nephews Brian and Raymond, on the loss of their dear aunt. I will miss our regular chats either on Wellington Road or in the English Market. M\u00e1ir\u00edn was an Irish patriot who loved her city and her country. Ar dheis D\u00e9 go raibh a hanam dilis.”<\/p>\n
Cork businessman Michael Mulcahy, President at the Little Island Business Association, also spoke fondly of the late Ms Quill, with whom he met every month in Cork city: “It\u2019s sad to hear of the passing of Mairin Quill, former TD, Senator and Councillor at Cork City Council. Mairin and her late sister Ita were tremendous supporters of all things Cork, and in particular the arts and culture sector.<\/p>\n
“I got to know Mairin over 35 years ago, and her unstoppable commitment to working for Cork\u2019s Northside and all of Cork was admirable. We generally met monthly at the Cork Vision Centre, now St. Peter’s Cork on North Main Street where Mairin and Ita would join the late John X. Miller and everyone else attending, to support artists and creators in the arts and culture community.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘M\u00e1ir\u00edn loved Cork city but in particular the northside’M\u00e1ir\u00edn Quill – RIP(Image: RIP.ie) Former Cork TD and Senator…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14641,6037,42,86039,43,1650,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-199645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-cork-city","9":"tag-cork-city-council","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-local-democracy-reporting","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-top-news","15":"tag-top-stories","16":"tag-topnews","17":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}