Career
She was re-elected at each subsequent general election until she retired from politics at the 1981 general election.
She was re-elected at each subsequent general election until she retired from politics at the 1981 general election.
She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Roscommon constituency at the July 1964 by-election caused by the death of her husband James Burke.