# Patsy Lawlor

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Irish politician (1933–1997)

Patsy Lawlor Senator In office 8 October 1981 – 13 May 1982 Constituency Cultural and Educational Panel Personal details Born Patricia Broughal (1933-03-17)17 March 1933 Kill, County Kildare, Ireland Died 19 December 1997(1997-12-19) (aged 64) Dublin, Ireland Party Fine Gael Spouse Tony Lawlor Children 4, including Anthony

**Patricia Lawlor** ([née](/source/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names) Broughal; 17 March 1933 – 19 December 1997) was an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) politician, nurse and businesswoman.

## Politics

She was elected as [Fine Gael](/source/Fine_Gael) member to [Kildare County Council](/source/Kildare_County_Council) at the [1974 local elections](/source/1974_Irish_local_elections) for the Naas electoral area; and re-elected at the [1979 local elections](/source/1979_Irish_local_elections).[1] From the [1985 local elections](/source/1985_Irish_local_elections) onwards, she was re-elected as an [independent](/source/Independent_politician_(Ireland)) member.[1] In 1979, she became the first woman to chair [Kildare County Council](/source/Kildare_County_Council) and Kildare VEC.[2] A member of the General Council of County Councils from 1979, she was its chairperson from 1981 to 1982.[3]

She was an unsuccessful Fine Gael candidate at the [1981 general election](/source/1981_Irish_general_election) and [February 1982](/source/February_1982_Irish_general_election) general elections for the [Kildare](/source/Kildare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)) constituency.[3] She was elected to [Seanad Éireann](/source/Seanad_%C3%89ireann) on the [Cultural and Educational Panel](/source/Cultural_and_Educational_Panel) in 1981 as a [Fine Gael](/source/Fine_Gael) member.[4] She lost her seat at the 1983 Seanad election.

At the [1991 local elections](/source/1991_Irish_local_elections), she was elected as an [independent](/source/Independent_politician_(Ireland)) member to [Kildare County Council](/source/Kildare_County_Council) for the [Naas](/source/Naas) electoral area.[5] She was an unsuccessful independent candidate at the [1992 general election](/source/1992_Irish_general_election) for the Kildare constituency.[5]

## Personal life

She was educated locally and at St Mary's secondary school in [Naas](/source/Naas), she trained as a nurse. She was deeply involved in the social and economic life of [County Kildare](/source/County_Kildare), where she lived and worked for most of her life, once describing herself as "born, bred, and buttered" in [Kill](/source/Kill%2C_County_Kildare). She married Tony Lawlor, a farmer and member of a catering family in Naas; they had four children.[3]

She was a member of the [Irish Countrywomen's Association](/source/Irish_Countrywomen's_Association) (ICA) for many years. She was a founder member of the Kill guild of the ICA in 1961, was national president from 1976 to 1979.[3][2]

In 1986 she reopened her family's pub, the Old House in Kill, and managed it with her son. She died from cancer at St Vincent's Nursing Home, Dublin, on 19 December 1997, aged 64.[3]

Her son [Anthony Lawlor](/source/Anthony_Lawlor) was elected as a [Fine Gael](/source/Fine_Gael) [Teachta Dála](/source/Teachta_D%C3%A1la) (TD) for the [Kildare North](/source/Kildare_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)) constituency at the [2011 general election](/source/2011_Irish_general_election).[6]

## See also

- [Families in the Oireachtas](/source/Families_in_the_Oireachtas)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-irelandelection_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-irelandelection_1-1) ["Patsy Lawlor"](https://irelandelection.com/candidate.php?candid=3492). *IrelandElection.com*. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-EoS_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-EoS_2-1) ["Death of Former Oireachtas Members: Expressions of Sympathy"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1998-02-04/3/). *Oireachtas Parliamentary Debates*. 4 February 1998.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dib_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dib_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-dib_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-dib_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-dib_3-4) Long, Patrick. ["Lawlor, Patricia ('Patsy')"](https://www.dib.ie/biography/lawlor-patricia-patsy-a4721). *[Dictionary of Irish Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_Irish_Biography)*. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_4-0)** ["Patsy Lawlor"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Patsy-Lawlor.S.1981-08-10/). *Oireachtas Members Database*. Retrieved 21 February 2009.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-elecs_irl_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-elecs_irl_5-1) ["Patsy Lawlor"](http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4040). *ElectionsIreland.org*. Retrieved 21 February 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-elecs_irl_anthony_lawlor_6-0)** ["Anthony Lawlor"](http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=4672). *ElectionsIreland.org*. Retrieved 8 October 2011.

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