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About Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins
- Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins (née Hogan; 10 March 1932) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician, who served for twenty years as a member of Dáil Éireann for constituencies in County Galway.She was first elected as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway South constituency at the 1957 general election.
- She was re-elected at the 1961 general election for the Galway East constituency and again at the 1965 general election.
- After boundary changes, she was elected at the 1969 general election for Clare–Galway South, where she was returned for a fifth and final term at the 1973 general election.Hogan-O'Higgins' years as a deputy were mostly spent in opposition: Fianna Fáil was in power continuously from 1957 to 1973, and it was only in her last term (in the 20th Dáil) that Fine Gael formed a government.
- She was defeated at the 1977 general election, when Jack Lynch led Fianna Fáil's return to government with a large majority. Her father, Patrick Hogan was a TD for Galway from 1921 until his death in 1936. Her husband, Michael O'Higgins, was also a TD, as were his father, uncle, and brother.
- She married in 1958, one year after her first election to the Dáil.
- Brigid and Michael had nine children, including son Cahir O'Higgins.
- They were the first married couple ever to sit in the same Dáil.
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