Máirín Quill (born 15 September 1936) is an Irish former politician who served as a Senator from 1997 to 2002, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
[2] A schoolteacher, she qualified as a primary school teacher from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick; she followed her teaching diploma by studying by night at University College Cork for a degree in English and History, and then a Higher Diploma in Education.
She taught English and History in St Vincent's Secondary School in Cork city.
She had previously contested the Cork City constituency at the 1977 general election and Cork North-Central at the 1981 general election, each time as a Fianna Fáil candidate and each time losing.
From 1979 until 2009, she was a member of Cork City Council, representing the North East area.