Share this article The mother of seven was a huge support to her husband throughout his political career The death has taken place of the wife of former Taoiseach and Longford native Albert Reynolds. Kathleen Reynolds passed away this morning at the family home in Dublin. The 88-year-old was a Sligo native and was also the mother of seven children. She was well known in the 1990s when she accompanied her husband on several foreign trips while the Longford TD served as Taoiseach between 1992 and 1994. Advertisement She is understood to have been ill for some time and no details of her funeral have yet been announced.