Claire Kerrane

Claire Kerrane (born 24 April 1992) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency since the 2020 general election.

[citation needed] She is the party's spokesperson on children and youth [2] Kerrane is from the village of Tibohine in County Roscommon.

She has said there was no history of republicanism in her family: her mother is English and her paternal grandfather was a "staunch Fine Gael activist".

She joined Sinn Féin during a dispute over plans to build an anaerobic digestion plant in her area, when she became involved in an action group against the project.

[2] Later she became a political adviser on social protection for Sinn Féin in Leinster House.