Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll


Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician.
She was the eldest sister of the Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins. She was educated at Baggot Street Training College and was a schoolteacher and school principal before entering politics.
She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála for the Dublin North constituency at the 1923 general election.
She was re-elected at every subsequent election until she lost her seat at the 1933 general election.

Family

She married Patrick O'Driscoll on 8 September 1901 at Rosscarbery's Roman Catholic chapel. The couple had 14 children, five of whom predeceased their mother.
Actress Dervla Kirwan is a great-granddaughter of the O'Driscolls.