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Irish National Teachers' Organisation

Trade union in Ireland

Summary

Trade union in Ireland

Field	Value
name	Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO)
image	[[File:INTOLogo.jpg	220px]]
location_country	Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland
affiliation	Irish Congress of Trade Unions
members	53,000
native_name	Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann
native_name_lang	ga
founded	1868
headquarters	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
key_people	John Boyle (General Secretary),
website	www.into.ie

The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) (), founded in 1868, is the oldest and 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, and there is a Northern Irish office in Belfast. The current INTO President (2025–26) is Anne Horan; John Boyle is the General Secretary and Mark McTaggart is the Northern Secretary.

Members

The union represents 53,000 members (46,000 in Republic of Ireland and 7,000 in Northern Ireland) as of September 2025.

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: Terence 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 Nunan :2019: John Boyle

Presidents

: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 :1897: T Clarke :1899: J Hegarty :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: Thomas 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: Thomas 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: Margaret 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 Warde :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: Tony Bates :1998: Brian Hynes :1999: Des Rainey :2000: Donal Ó Loingsigh :2001: Joan Ward :2002: Gerry Malone :2003: Sean Rowley :2004: Austin Corcoran :2005: Sheila Nunan :2006: Denis Bohane :2007: Angela Dunne :2008: Declan Kelleher :2009: Máire Ní Chuinneagáin :2010: Jim Higgins :2011: Noreen Flynn :2012: Anne Fay :2013: Brendan O'Sullivan :2014: Seán McMahon :2015: Emma Dineen :2016: Rosena Jordan :2017: John Boyle :2018: Joe Killeen :2019: Feargal Brougham :2020: Mary Magner :2021: Joe McKeown :2022: John Driscoll :2023: Dorothy McGinley

Club 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.

References

"About".
"General Secretary & Deputy General Secretary".
"President & Vice-President".
"Our People".
"Current Membership". INTO.
Dr. Clarke in later references, he achieved his LL.D from the Royal University in 1900 – Irish Independent 14 June 1909
Ward, Noel, The I.N.T.O. and the Catholic Church, 1930-1955 (M.A. thesis, University College Dublin, 1987), p.79
"President & Vice-President".
"President & Vice-President".
"President & Vice-President".
"President & Vice-President".
"Club na Múinteoirí: The Teachers' Club". INTO.

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