Thomas Ruane

Thomas Ruane (died 7 June 1969) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1934 to 1936, 1938 to 1943, 1944 to 1948 and 1951 to 1965. He was first elected to the Free State Seanad in 1934.^[1] He did not serve in the 4th or 6th Seanad. From 1938 onwards, he was elected by the Administrative Panel.^[1] He lost his seat at the 1965 Seanad election.

References

1 2 "Mr. Thomas Ruane". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

« 9th Seanad « Members of the 10th Seanad Éireann (1961–1965) » 11th Seanad »

Cathaoirleach Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Leader of the Seanad Thomas Mullins (FF)

Administrative Panel	Liam Ahern (FF) Seán Brady (FF) Cornelius Desmond (Lab) Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (FG) Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Gerry L'Estrange (FG) Thomas Ruane (FF)

Agricultural Panel	Jack Fitzgerald (Lab) Daniel Hogan (FF) Robert Lahiffe (FF) John Mannion, Snr (FG) Charles McDonald (FG) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) Micheál Prendergast (FG) Patrick W. Ryan (??) William Ryan (FF) John Donnelly Sheridan (??)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Michael Hayes (FG) Eamonn Kissane (FF) Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) John J. Nash (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Gerald Boland (FF) Mary Davidson (Lab) Thomas Flanagan (Ind) Patrick Lindsay (FG) Bernard McGlinchey (FF) Edward McGuire (Ind) Daniel Moloney (FF) Joseph Quigley (FG) Eoin Ryan, Snr (FF)

Labour Panel	Seán Brosnahan (Ind) Seán Browne (FF) John Butler (Lab) Victor Carton (FG) Patrick Crowley (Lab) James Dooge (FG) Joseph Farrell (FF) Seán Hayes (FF) Mark Killilea, Snr (FF) Dominick Murphy (Lab) Michael Yeats (FF)

National University of Ireland	Dónall Ó Conalláin (Ind) George O'Brien (Ind) Patrick Quinlan (Ind)

University of Dublin	William J.E. Jessop (Ind) John N. Ross (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	John J. Brennan (FF) John Copeland Cole (Ind) Gus Healy (FF) Joe Mooney (FF) Thomas Mullins (FF) Tom Nolan (FF) Nora Connolly O'Brien (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (??) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) William Sheldon (Ind)

Elected or nominated later	1963 John Costelloe (FF) Batt Donegan (FF) 1964 Kit Ahern (FF)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent ??: Unknown party

« 8th Seanad « Members of the 9th Seanad Éireann (1957–1961) » 10th Seanad »

Cathaoirleach Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Leader of the Seanad

Administrative Panel	Patrick Connor (FG) Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Gerry L'Estrange (FG) John O'Leary (Lab) John L. O'Sullivan (FG) Thomas Ruane (FF) Patrick Teehan (FF)

Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Patrick Crowe (FG) Paddy Donegan (FG) Daniel Hogan (FF) Robert Lahiffe (FF) William O'Callaghan (FG) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) Micheál Prendergast (FG) John Donnelly Sheridan (??) James Tunney (Lab)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Anthony Barry (FG) Michael Hayes (FG) Eamonn Kissane (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) John O'Donovan (FG)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Denis Burke (FG) Tadhg Crowley (FF) Mary Davidson (Lab) Jane Dowdall (FF) Brian Lenihan (FF) Peter Lynch (??) Edward McGuire (Ind) James O'Keeffe (FG) Joseph Roddy (FG)

Labour Panel	Liam Ahern (FF) Frank Carter (FF) Victor Carton (FG) Harry Colley (FF) Patrick Crowley (Lab) Seán Hayes (FF) Dominick Murphy (Lab) Ben O'Quigley (FG) Frank Purcell (??) Eoin Ryan, Snr (FF) Joe Sheridan (Ind)

National University of Ireland	Henry Barniville (FG) George O'Brien (Ind) Patrick Quinlan (Ind)

University of Dublin	William Fearon (Ind) Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Seán Brady (FF) John Copeland Cole (Ind) Robert Farnan (FF) Seán Moylan (FF) Thomas Mullins (FF) Nora Connolly O'Brien (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Seán O'Grady (FF) Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (??) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Laurence Walsh (FF)

Elected or nominated later	1958 Louis Walsh (??) 1960 John J. Brennan (FF) Martin O'Dwyer (??) William J.E. Jessop (Ind) Edward Browne (??) Gerard B. Dillon (FF)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent ??: Unknown party

« 7th Seanad « Members of the 8th Seanad Éireann (1954–1957) » 9th Seanad »

Cathaoirleach Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Leader of the Seanad

Administrative Panel	Gerry L'Estrange (FG) James McGee (??) John L. O'Sullivan (FG) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF) Patrick Teehan (FF) Louis Walsh (??)

Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Patrick Cogan (Ind) Bernard Commons (CnaT) John Mannion, Snr (FG) James J. McCrea (Lab) William O'Callaghan (FG) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) Micheál Prendergast (FG) William Quirke (FF) John Donnelly Sheridan (??)

Cultural and Educational Panel	James Crosbie (FG) Michael ffrench-O'Carroll (Ind) Eamonn Kissane (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) Mary Davidson (Lab) Jane Dowdall (FF) Seán Hartney (FF) John Lynch (FG) Peter Lynch (??) Edward McGuire (Ind) Matthew Smith (FF)

Labour Panel	Richard Anthony (Ind) John Butler (Lab) Victor Carton (FG) Patrick Crowley (Lab) Frederick Hawkins (??) Seán Hayes (FF) Liam Kelly (Ind) Dominick Murphy (Lab) Frank Purcell (??) Seán Ruane (??) Patrick Tierney (Lab)

National University of Ireland	Henry Barniville (FG) Roger McHugh (Ind) George O'Brien (Ind)

University of Dublin	William Fearon (Ind) Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Patrick Bergin (Lab) Arthur Cox (??) James G. Douglas (Ind) Henry Eustace Guinness (Ind) Michael Hayes (FG) James Hickey (Lab) John Meighan (CnaT) Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (??) Patrick O'Gorman (FG) James Reidy (FG) James Tunney (Lab)

Elected or nominated later	1954 John Douglas (??) 1956 Seamus Bohan (Ind) James O'Keeffe (FG) Joe Sheridan (Ind) William Woods (??)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent ??: Unknown party

« 6th Seanad « Members of the 7th Seanad Éireann (1951–1954) » 8th Seanad »

Cathaoirleach Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Leader of the Seanad

Administrative Panel	Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Michael Hearne (FF) James J. McCrea (Lab) James McGee (??) Michael J. O'Higgins (FG) Thomas Ruane (FF) Patrick Teehan (FF)

Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Bernard Commons (CnaT) Patrick Gorry (FF) James Kilroy (FF) Michael Óg McFadden (FG) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (??) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) William Quirke (FF) James Tunney (Lab)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Michael Hayes (FG) Frank Loughman (FF) James B. Lynch (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Patrick F. O'Reilly (??)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) James G. Douglas (Ind) Jane Dowdall (FF) Seán Hartney (FF) Peter Lynch (??) Edward McGuire (Ind) Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (??) Frederick Summerfield (Ind)

Labour Panel	Pádraig Ághas (Ind) John Butler (Lab) Michael Colgan (Ind) Noel Hartnett (CnaP) Frederick Hawkins (??) Seán Hayes (FF) Vincent McHugh (FG) William McMullen (Lab) John Meighan (CnaT) Daniel O'Rourke (FF) Seán Ruane (??)

National University of Ireland	Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) George O'Brien (Ind)

University of Dublin	Frederick Budd (Ind) William Fearon (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Daniel Corkery (FF) Robert Farnan (FF) Seán Goulding (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Joseph Johnston (??) Eamonn Kissane (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Seán O'Grady (FF) Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (??) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Michael Yeats (FF)

Elected or nominated later	1952 William J.E. Jessop (Ind) 1953 John F. Cunningham (Ind)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaP: Clann na Poblachta CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent ??: Unknown party

« 4th Seanad « Members of the 5th Seanad Éireann (1944–1948) » 6th Seanad »

Cathaoirleach Seán Goulding (FF) Leader of the Seanad

Administrative Panel	Andrew Clarkin (FF) Seán Goulding (FF) Michael Hayes (FG) Denis Healy (FF) Michael Hearne (FF) James McGee (??) Thomas Ruane (FF)

Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) John Counihan (Ind) Daniel Hogan (FF) Edmund Horan (CnaT) Patrick Kehoe (FF) Dominick MacCabe (??) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) William Quirke (FF) Gerard Sweetman (FG)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Patrick Doyle (FG) Louis O'Dea (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Patrick J. O'Reilly (??) James Parkinson (FG)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Thomas Condon (Ind) Daniel Corkery (FF) James Crosbie (FG) Tadhg Crowley (FF) James G. Douglas (Ind) Luke Duffy (Lab) Peter Trainor Kelly (??) Seán MacEllin (FF) David Madden (FG)

Labour Panel	John Butler (Lab) Thomas Hayden (Lab) James Johnston (??) John Thomas Keane (??) Thomas Kennedy (Lab) Sam Kyle (Lab) Peter Lynch (??) John Meighan (CnaT) Seán Ruane (??) Michael Smyth (??) James Tunney (Lab)

National University of Ireland	Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) Michael J. Ryan (Ind)

University of Dublin	William Fearon (Ind) Joseph Johnston (Ind) T. C. Kingsmill Moore (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Seán Campbell (Lab) Robert Farnan (FF) Thomas Foran (Lab) T. V. Honan (FF) Sir John Keane (Ind) Margaret L. Kennedy (FF) William Magennis (Ind) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Matthew Stafford (FF)

Elected or nominated later	1945 Frederick Summerfield (Ind) 1946 Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (??) Frederick Hawkins (??) Edward Pakenham (Ind) 1947 Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent ??: Unknown party

« 2nd Seanad « Members of the 3rd Seanad Éireann (1938–1943) » 4th Seanad »

Cathaoirleach Seán Gibbons (FF) Leader of the Seanad

Administrative Panel	Christopher Byrne (FF) Desmond FitzGerald (FG) Michael Hayes (FG) Denis Healy (FF) James McGee (??) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF)

Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Neal Blaney (FF) Michael Colbert (FF) John Counihan (Ind) Seán Gibbons (FF) Patrick Kehoe (FF) Dominick MacCabe (??) Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) William O'Callaghan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (??) William Quirke (FF)

Cultural and Educational Panel	James Crosbie (FG) Thomas Delany (??) Patrick Doyle (FG) Seán O'Donovan (FF) James Parkinson (FG)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Joseph Brennan (??) Martin Conlon (FG) Daniel Corkery (FF) James G. Douglas (Ind) Seán Goulding (FF) Peter Trainor Kelly (??) Seán MacEllin (FF) John MacLoughlin (FG) David Madden (FG)

Labour Panel	John Butler (Lab) Seán Campbell (Lab) William Cummins (Lab) Thomas Foran (Lab) Frederick Hawkins (??) Seán Hayes (FF) Patrick Hogan (Lab) James Johnston (??) Eamonn Lynch (Lab) Peter Lynch (??) James Tunney (Lab)

National University of Ireland	Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) Michael Tierney (FG)

University of Dublin	Ernest Alton (Ind) Joseph Johnston (Ind) Robert Rowlette (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Robert Farnan (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Sir John Keane (Ind) Margaret L. Kennedy (FF) Patrick Keohane (??) Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich (??) William Magennis (Ind) Frank MacDermot (FF) Maurice George Moore (FF) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) David Robinson (FF) Matthew Stafford (FF)

Elected or nominated later	1939 Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) 1940 Laurence O'Neill (Ind) 1941 Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent ??: Unknown party

« 1934 Seanad « Members of the 2nd Seanad Éireann (1938) » 3rd Seanad »

Cathaoirleach Seán Gibbons (FF) Leader of the Seanad

Administrative Panel	Christopher Byrne (FF) Thomas Condon (Ind) Michael Hayes (FG) Richard Mulcahy (FG) John Newcome (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF)

Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (FG) William Caffrey (FG) Seán Gibbons (FF) John Nassau Greene (??) Patrick Kehoe (FF) Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) William O'Callaghan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (??) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) William Quirke (FF) Michael Twomey (Ind)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Patrick Doyle (FG) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Séamus Ó hEocha (Ind) Gearóid O'Sullivan (FG) James Parkinson (FG)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Daniel Corkery (FF) James Crosbie (FG) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Hearne (FF) Cornelius Kennedy (FG) John MacLoughlin (FG) Linda Kearns MacWhinney (FF) David Madden (FG) Brian O'Rourke (FG)

Labour Panel	John Butler (Lab) Michael Conway (??) John Gaffney (??) Frederick Hawkins (??) Seán Hayes (FF) Gilbert Hughes (??) James Johnston (??) Thomas McShea (??) Seán Milroy (FG) James Tunney (Lab) David Walsh (??)

National University of Ireland	Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) Michael Tierney (FG)

University of Dublin	Ernest Alton (Ind) Joseph Johnston (Ind) Robert Rowlette (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Robert Farnan (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Douglas Hyde (Ind) Sir John Keane (Ind) Margaret L. Kennedy (FF) Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich (??) William Magennis (Ind) Frank MacDermot (FF) Maurice George Moore (FF) David Robinson (FF) Matthew Stafford (FF)

Elected or nominated later	May 1938 Patrick Keohane (??)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent ??: Unknown party

« 1931 Seanad « Members of the 1934 Seanad Éireann (1934–1936) » 2nd Seanad »

Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (FG)
Leader of the Seanad

Elected in 1934

3 years	Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind)

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind)

9 years	Patrick Baxter (FG) Thomas Westropp Bennett (FG) Ernest Blythe (FG) James Boyle (FF) Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind) Kathleen Browne (FG) James Charles Dowdall (FF) Eamonn Duggan (FG) Séamus Fitzgerald (FF) Oliver St. John Gogarty (FG) Denis Healy (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Thomas Johnson (Lab) Thomas Kennedy (Lab) Raphael Keyes (FF) Patrick Lynch (FF) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF) Richard Wilson (FG) Jennie Wyse Power (FF)

Elected in 1931

6 years	William O'Sullivan (FG)

9 years	Michael Comyn (FF) John Counihan (FG) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Hugh Garahan (FG) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Seán MacEllin (FF) Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) James J. MacKean (FG) John MacLoughlin (FG) Daniel MacParland (FF) Maurice George Moore (FF) Laurence O'Neill (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (FG) William Quirke (FF) David Robinson (FF) Michael Staines (FG)

Elected in 1928

9 years	Kathleen Clarke (FF) Joseph Connolly (FF) Seán Milroy (FG) Séamus Robinson (FF)

Elected in 1925

12 years	Henry Barniville (FG) Sir Edward Bellingham (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (FG) Michael Fanning (FG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Bernard Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (FG) Thomas Linehan (Ind) Joseph O'Connor (FG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (FG) James Parkinson (FG) Thomas Toal (FG)

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