Charlie McConalogue TD
Meet Charlie
Charlie McConalogue was was born in October 1977 and is from Gleneely in Co Donegal. From a farming background, he was educated at Carndonagh Community School before going on to study at UCD where he studied Economics, Politics & History. He first became involved in politics while attending UCD. After working in Fianna Fáil Headquarters for a number of years, as well as working abroad in Australia, McConalogue returned home to work on the family farm before being elected as a Donegal County Councillor in 2009. In 2011, Charlie was first elected to Dáil Éireann.
In January 2025, Charlie was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media with Special Responsibility for Sport and Postal Policy. He previously served as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine from 2020 - 2025, and prior to that, he held the positions of Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality with responsibility for Law Reform, and Fianna Fáil spokesperson for Children, Education and Skills, and Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Get in touch with Charlie
Chapel Street,
Carndonagh,
Co. Donegal
Market Street,
Letterkenny,
Co. Donegal
