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 (2023–24) is Dorothy McGinley; John Boyle is the General Secretary and Mark McTaggart is the Northern Secretary.

Members

The union website claimed 50,042 members (43,141 in Republic of Ireland and 6,901 in Northern Ireland) as of February 2021.

General secretaries

Presidents

• :1868: Vere Foster • :1873: John Boal • :1875: John Traynor • :1877: J Ferguson • :1882: W Cullen • :1883: J Nealon • :1889: P Ward • :1892: D.A. Simmons • :1897: T Clarke • :1899: J Hegarty • :1904: J Nealon • :1905: J.J. Hazlet • :1906: D.C. Maher • :1907: P Gamble • :1908: D Elliot • :1909: J McGowan • :1910: E Mansfield • :1911: G O'Callaghan • :1912: Catherine M Mahon • :1914: G O'Callaghan • :1916: G Ramsey • :1917: J Cunningham • :1918: R Judge • :1919: T.J. Nunan • :1920: D.C. Maher • :1921: J Harbison • :1922: C Breathnach • :1923: D.A. Meehan • :1924: J McNeelis • :1925: C.P. Murphy • :1926: Thomas Frisby • :1927: H O'Donnell • :1928: P.J. Quinn • :1929: E Caraher • :1930: W.P. Ward • :1931: R Neilly • :1932: M Kearney • :1933: C Breathnach • :1934: J Hurley • :1935: L Sweeney • :1936: D.F. Courell • :1937: J.F. O'Grady • :1938: T.J. Nunan • :1940: H.A. Macauley • :1941: J.P. Griffith • :1942: M Coleman • :1943: H O'Connor • :1944: Thomas Frisby • :1945: K.M. Clarke • :1946: D.J. Kelleher • :1947: S Brosnahan • :1948: L Forde • :1949: J Mansfield • :1950: B Bergin • :1951: I.H. McEnaney • :1952: P Gormley • :1953: H.J. McManus • :1954: M Griffin • :1955: H.F. Mcune-Reid • :1956: Margaret Skinnider • :1957: L O'Reilly • :1958: G Hurley • :1959: W.M. Keane • :1960: S McGlinchey • :1961: P.J. Looney • :1962: P O'Riordan • :1963: D O'Scanaill • :1964: P Carney • :1965: E Liston • :1966: R.S. Holland • :1967: J Allman • :1968: A.J. Faulkner • :1969: T Martin • :1970: T Warde • :1971: A Brennan • :1972: S O'Connor • :1973: S O'Brien • :1974: S Carew • :1975: S Eustace • :1976: B Gillespie • :1977: B Scannell • :1978: F Poole • :1979: G Keane • :1980: M McSweeney • :1981: F Cunningham • :1982: T Waldron • :1983: M O'Connell • :1984: J. J. Connelly • :1985: R Carabine • :1986: S Puirseil • :1987: T Honan • :1988: M Drew • :1989: T Gilmore • :1990: J White • :1991: J Collins • :1992: B Gilmore • :1993: E Bruton • :1994: M McGarry • :1995: S Shiels • :1996: L Mccloskey • :1997: Tony Bates • :1998: Brian Hynes • :1999: Des Rainey • :2000: Donal Ó Loingsigh • :2001: Joan Ward • :2002: Gerry Malone • :2003: Sean Rowley • :2004: Austin Corcoran • :2005: Sheila Nunan • :2006: Denis Bohane • :2007: Angela Dunne • :2008: Declan Kelleher • :2009: Máire Ní Chuinneagáin • :2010: Jim Higgins • :2011: Noreen Flynn • :2012: Anne Fay • :2013: Brendan O'Sullivan • :2014: Seán McMahon • :2015: Emma Dineen • :2016: Rosena Jordan • :2017: John Boyle • :2018: Joe Killeen • :2019: Feargal Brougham • :2020: Mary Magner • :2021: Joe McKeown • :2022: John Driscoll • :2023: Dorothy McGinley

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.