# Celia Lynch
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{{Short description|Irish politician (1908–1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Celia_Lynch_circa_1930.jpg
| alt = Lynch circa 1930
| caption = Lynch, {{circa}} 1930
| office = [Teachta Dála](/source/Teachta_D%C3%A1la)
| term_start = [October 1961](/source/1961_Irish_general_election)
| term_end = [June 1977](/source/1977_Irish_general_election)
| constituency = [Dublin North-Central](/source/Dublin_North-Central)
| term_start2 = [May 1954](/source/1954_Irish_general_election)
| term_end2 = [October 1961](/source/1961_Irish_general_election)
| constituency2= [Dublin South-Central](/source/Dublin_South-Central)
| party = [Fianna Fáil](/source/Fianna_F%C3%A1il)
| birth_name = Celia Quinn
| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|5|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Duras House, [Kinvara](/source/Kinvara), [County Galway](/source/County_Galway), Ireland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|6|15|1908|5|6|df=y}}
| death_place = [Dublin](/source/Dublin), Ireland
| spouse = [James B. Lynch](/source/James_B._Lynch)
| children = 7
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[University College Galway](/source/University_of_Galway)|[University College Dublin](/source/University_College_Dublin)}}
|}}
'''Celia Lynch''' ({{nee|Quinn}}; 6 May 1908 – 16 June 1989) was an Irish [Fianna Fáil](/source/Fianna_F%C3%A1il) politician, assistant [Government Whip](/source/Whip_(politics)), and [Teachta Dála](/source/Teachta_D%C3%A1la) (TD) for 23 years.[{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Celia-Lynch.D.1954-06-02/|title=Celia Lynch|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=1 September 2012}}] She also served as a [Dublin City Council](/source/Dublin_City_Council)lor for many years.
Her birthplace was Duras House, Kinvara, [County Galway](/source/County_Galway). Her husband [James B. Lynch](/source/James_B._Lynch) was a TD and Senator from 1932 until his death in 1954. A schoolteacher before marriage, Lynch was elected to [Dáil Éireann](/source/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann) on her first attempt, as a [Fianna Fáil](/source/Fianna_F%C3%A1il) candidate for the [Dublin South-Central](/source/Dublin_South-Central) constituency at the [1954 general election](/source/1954_Irish_general_election), taking her seat in the [15th Dáil](/source/15th_D%C3%A1il).[{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2490|title=Celia Lynch|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=1 September 2012}}] She was re-elected at the next [1957 general election](/source/1957_Irish_general_election). At the [1961 general election](/source/1961_Irish_general_election), she was elected for [Dublin North-Central](/source/Dublin_North-Central), where she was returned again at three further general elections