Bridget Rice
Irish politician

Bridget Rice

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Irish politician
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Female
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Birth:
7 May 1885
Death:
8 December 1967
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Bridget Mary Rice (née Henaghan; 7 May 1885 – 9 December 1967) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A postmistress before entering politics, she was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) at the 1938 general election for the Monaghan constituency. Her husband Eamon Rice was a TD for the same constituency from 1932 until his death in 1937. She was re-elected at each successive election until she retired from politics at the 1954 general election.