Bridget Rice

Bridget Mary Rice (née Heneghan; 7 May 1885 – 9 December 1967) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

Bridget Rice
Teachta Dála
In office June 1938 – May 1954
Constituency	Monaghan
Personal details
Born	Bridget Mary Heneghan (1885-05-07)7 May 1885 Louisburgh, County Mayo, Ireland
Died	9 December 1967(1967-12-09) (aged 82) County Monaghan, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Eamon Rice ​ (m. 1914)​
Children	4
Relatives	John Heneghan (brother)
Education	Presentation Convent, Tuam

She was born on 7 May 1885 in Louisburgh, County Mayo to Walter Heneghan and Bridget McGreal.^[1] Her brother John Heneghan was a Columban priest. A postmistress, she married Eamon Rice on 1 September 1914, and they had four children.^[2]

Her husband Eamon Rice was a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Monaghan constituency from 1932 until his death in 1937. No by-election was held to fill his seat, but Bridget Rice was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD at the 1938 general election for the same constituency.^[3] She was re-elected at each successive election until she retired from politics at the 1954 general election.^[4]

See also

• Families in the Oireachtas