The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) (), 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 (2025–26) is Anne Horan; John Boyle is the General Secretary and Mark McTaggart is the Northern Secretary.
Members The union represents 53,000 members (46,000 in Republic of Ireland and 7,000 in Northern Ireland) as of September 2025.
General secretaries
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 ClarkeDr. Clarke in later references, he achieved his LL.D from the Royal University in 1900 – Irish Independent 14 June 1909 1910: Michael Doyle 1913: Eamonn Mansfield 1916: Thomas J. O'Connell 1949: D. J. Kelleher 1967: Seán BrosnahanWard, Noel, The I.N.T.O. and the Catholic Church, 1930-1955 (M.A. thesis, University College Dublin, 1987), p.79 1978: Gerry Quigley 1990: Joe O'Toole 2001: John Carr 2009: Sheila Nunan 2019: John Boyle
Presidents
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.
References
External links Irish National Teachers' Organisation