The Seanad Éireann career of Mary Robinson (Irish: Máire Mhic Róibín; née Bourke) began on 11 June 1969 and ended on 5 July 1989. Mary Robinson was elected for a total of seven terms as a member of Seanad Éireann (the Irish senate), always running in the Dublin University constituency. Upon leaving her seat in 1989, she did not seek re-election.