Irish National Teachers' Organisation
Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann | |
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Founded | 1868 |
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Headquarters | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
Location | |
Members | 50,042[1] |
Key people | John Boyle (General Secretary),[2] |
Affiliations | Irish Congress of Trade Unions |
Website | www.into.ie |
The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) (Irish: Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann), founded in 1868, is the oldest and largest teachers' trade union in Ireland. It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at primary and post-primary level in Northern Ireland. The head office is at Parnell Square, Dublin, and there is a Northern Irish office in Belfast. The current INTO President (2022–23) is John Driscoll;[3] John Boyle is the General Secretary and Gerry Murphy is the Northern Secretary.[citation needed]
History
Origins
The union was founded in 1868 with the help and encouragement of Danish-born philanthropist Vere Foster.
Upon its inception there were 47 local teachers' associations which affiliated with the INTO, and Foster became the first president.
Affiliations steadily increased, with 168 by 1869 and 235 by the end of 1875. By 1914 there were 15,550 members.
Early successes included ensuring the provision of teachers' residences, abolition of payment by results, and the introduction of incremental salary scales.
The first female president, Catherine Mahon, was elected in 1912. The first full-time general secretary, Eamonn Mansfield, was appointed in 1916.
Irish independence and after
Upon the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1922, the INTO identified firmly with the aim to create an educational system based on "Irish ideals and conditions".[clarification needed][citation needed]
Throughout the decades the union campaigned for improvements in the working conditions of teachers and parallel to this maintained a large influence on the educational policy of successive Governments.
Achievements and campaigns
Notable achievements include the establishment of Diocesan panel rights[clarification needed] for the redeployment of teachers in 1937, the abolition of the Primary Certificate in 1967, and the introduction of equal pay for teachers regardless of gender or marital status in 1977.
In 1946, unrest at salary levels led to INTO members in Dublin going on strike for seven months. Other members countrywide contributed towards their strike pay. Moves towards a long-term resolution were made in 1949 with the establishment of a salaries committee by the then Government. The issue was finally resolved with the implementation of a new incremental scale, bonuses and pension arrangements for teachers.
Since the turn of the nineteenth century the INTO had sought to have the basic qualification for primary teaching accorded university status. This long-standing demand finally became a reality in 1974.
During the economic crisis of the 1980s, and with teacher unemployment at an all-time high, the INTO secured improvements in substitute teachers' conditions including the direct payment of substitutes, linkage of salary to the incremental scale,[clarification needed] and the establishment of supply panels[clarification needed] in certain areas.
Uniting with parents and management in 1987, the INTO led the campaign which ameliorated the worst effects of proposed cutbacks in education and teacher numbers.
The 1990s and 2000s saw the continuation of social partnership[clarification needed] which brought about gains in the working conditions for the membership.
An Post (the Irish post office) issued a commemorative stamp on 22 March 2018 to mark the 150th anniversary of the union.
Members
The union website claimed 50,042 members (43,141 in Republic of Ireland and 6,901 in Northern Ireland) as of February 2021.[4]
General secretaries
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- 1868: John O'Harte
- 1871: John Morrin
- 1877: J. W. Henly
- 1878: A. K. O'Farrell
- 1884: James Thompson
- 1891: M. O'Kelly
- 1894: J. Coffey
- 1898: Terence Clarke [5]
- 1910: Michael Doyle
- 1913: Eamonn Mansfield
- 1916: Thomas J. O'Connell
- 1949: D. J. Kelleher
- 1967: Seán Brosnahan[6]
- 1978: Gerry Quigley
- 1990: Joe O'Toole
- 2001: John Carr
- 2009: Sheila Nunan
- 2019: John Boyle
Presidents
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- 1868: Vere Foster
- 1873: John Boal
- 1875: John Traynor
- 1877: J Ferguson
- 1882: W Cullen
- 1883: J Nealon
- 1889: P Ward
- 1892: D.A. Simmons
- 1897: T Clarke
- 1899: J Hegarty
- 1904: J Nealon
- 1905: J.J. Hazlet
- 1906: D.C. Maher
- 1907: P Gamble
- 1908: D Elliot
- 1909: J McGowan
- 1910: E Mansfield
- 1911: G O'Callaghan
- 1912: Catherine M Mahon
- 1914: G O'Callaghan
- 1916: G Ramsey
- 1917: J Cunningham
- 1918: R Judge
- 1919: T.J. Nunan
- 1920: D.C. Maher
- 1921: J Harbison
- 1922: C Breathnach
- 1923: D.A. Meehan
- 1924: J McNeelis
- 1925: C.P. Murphy
- 1926: Thomas Frisby
- 1927: H O'Donnell
- 1928: P.J. Quinn
- 1929: E Caraher
- 1930: W.P. Ward
- 1931: R Neilly
- 1932: M Kearney
- 1933: C Breathnach
- 1934: J Hurley
- 1935: L Sweeney
- 1936: D.F. Courell
- 1937: J.F. O'Grady
- 1938: T.J. Nunan
- 1940: H.A. Macauley
- 1941: J.P. Griffith
- 1942: M Coleman
- 1943: H O'Connor
- 1944: Thomas Frisby
- 1945: K.M. Clarke
- 1946: D.J. Kelleher
- 1947: S Brosnahan
- 1948: L Forde
- 1949: J Mansfield
- 1950: B Bergin
- 1951: I.H. McEnaney
- 1952: P Gormley
- 1953: H.J. McManus
- 1954: M Griffin
- 1955: H.F. Mcune-Reid
- 1956: M Skinnider
- 1957: L O'Reilly
- 1958: G Hurley
- 1959: W.M. Keane
- 1960: S McGlinchey
- 1961: P.J. Looney
- 1962: P O'Riordan
- 1963: D O'Scanaill
- 1964: P Carney
- 1965: E Liston
- 1966: R.S. Holland
- 1967: J Allman
- 1968: A.J. Faulkner
- 1969: T Martin
- 1970: T Wade
- 1971: A Brennan
- 1972: S O'Connor
- 1973: S O'Brien
- 1974: S Carew
- 1975: S Eustace
- 1976: B Gillespie
- 1977: B Scannell
- 1978: F Poole
- 1979: G Keane
- 1980: M McSweeney
- 1981: F Cunningham
- 1982: T Waldron
- 1983: M O'Connell
- 1984: J.J. Connelly
- 1985: R Carabine
- 1986: S Puirseil
- 1987: T Honan
- 1988: M Drew
- 1989: T Gilmore
- 1990: J White
- 1991: J Collins
- 1992: B Gilmore
- 1993: E Bruton
- 1994: M McGarry
- 1995: S Shiels
- 1996: L Mccloskey
- 1997: T Bates
- 1998: B Hynes
- 1999: D Rainey
- 2000: D Ó Loingsigh
- 2001: J Ward
- 2002: G Malone
- 2003: S Rowley
- 2004: A Corcoran
- 2005: S Nunan
- 2006: D Bohane
- 2007: A Dunne
- 2008: D Kelleher
- 2009: M Ní Chuinneagáin
- 2010: J Higgins
- 2011: N Flynn
- 2012: A Fay
- 2013: B O'Sullivan
- 2014: S McMahon
- 2015: E Dineen
- 2016: R Jordan
- 2017: J Boyle
- 2018: J Killeen
- 2019: F Brougham
- 2020: M Magner[7]
- 2021: J McKeown[8]
- 2022: J Driscoll[9]
Club na Múinteoirí
Next door to the union's head office on Parnell Square is Club na Múinteoirí (the Teachers' Club) which is operated by the INTO as a space for cultural and social events, including halls, meeting rooms, a bar, and a theatre in the basement.[10]
References
- ^ "About".
- ^ "General Secretary & Deputy General Secretary".
- ^ "President & Vice-President".
- ^ "Current Membership". INTO. April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ Dr. Clarke in later references, he achieved his LL.D from the Royal University in 1900 - Irish Independent 14 June 1909
- ^ Ward, Noel, The I.N.T.O. and the Catholic Church, 1930-1955 (M.A. thesis, University College Dublin, 1987), p.79
- ^ "President & Vice-President".
- ^ "President & Vice-President".
- ^ "President & Vice-President".
- ^ "Club na Múinteoirí: The Teachers' Club". INTO. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
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