Catherine Connolly Age, Height, Family, Net Worth And More

Catherine Connolly is an Irish politician and the elected President of Ireland in the election to be held in 2025. Since 2016, she has been a member of the Independent Party and has served as Teachta Dála for the Galway West constituency from 2016 until the 2025 presidential election.

Catherine Connolly Biography

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Catherine Connolly Age

Catherine Connolly was born on 12 July 1957 in Galway, Ireland. She is 68 years old as of 2025, and her zodiac sign is Cancer.

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Some Lesser Facts About Catherine Connolly

• Catherine Connolly was born and raised in Galway City, as one of 14 siblings.
• Her father was a carpenter and shipbuilder who built Galway hooker sailing boats.
• Her mother died at age 43, due to issues related to asthma, when she was nine years old.
• She grew up with her family in one of Galway’s first social housing developments.
• In 1981, she earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology from the University of Leeds.
• In the 1970s. She led a campaign ot have tennis courts built in Shantalla.
• Catherine also earned a law degree from the University of Galway in 1989.
• She worked as a clinical psychologist and became a barrister in 1991, after receiving a law degree.
• She joined the Labour Party after the 1997 general election and was elected to Galway City Council at the 1999 corporate election.
• She was a supporter of Michael D. Higgins’s unsuccessful campaign to run in the 2004 presidential election.
• She left the Labour Party and contested the 2007 general election as an Independent candidate.
• Catherine was elected to the Dáil for the Galway West constituency at the 2016 general election.
• She voted for Richard Boyd Barrett for Taoiseach when the 32^nd Dáil first met.
• She was elected the Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Eireann on 23 July 2020.
• Catherine Connolly is characterized in the media as a left-wing independent.
• Connolly has lived in the Claddagh in Galway City since 1988 and is married with adult sons.
• She is an Irish speaker, having done a diploma in Irish at the University, and also speaks German.
• Catherine Connolly was raised catholic, but has described herself as non-religious.
• Sligo-based socialist politician Declan Bree is Catherine Connolly’s brother-in-law.

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