Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (born 24 May 1966) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency since the 2020 general election.

[2][3] Murnane O'Connor first ran for the Dáil in 2011, when she polled 6% of the first preference vote in Carlow–Kilkenny for Fianna Fáil.

[4] She did not run in the 2015 by-election in the constituency, but was chosen to contest the 2016 general election as the County Carlow–based candidate on a Fianna Fáil ticket that also featured sitting TDs John McGuinness and Bobby Aylward (who won the 2015 by-election).

Murnane O'Connor was born in Waterford in 1966, but is a native of Graiguecullen, County Carlow.

She is the daughter of former Carlow County Councillor Jimmy Murnane, who served on the local council for several years.