Seán Moylan

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Seán Moylan ( Irish Seán Ó Maoláin , born November 19, 1888 in Kilmallock , County Limerick , † November 16, 1957 ) was an Irish politician of the Sinn Féin and the Fianna Fáil .

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Blackboard on Moylan's birthplace
British Army military intelligence file for John Moylan
British Army military intelligence file for John Moylan

Moylan was a building contractor and was elected to the House of Commons ( Dáil Éireann ) in 1921 as a representative of the Sinn Féin and re-elected in 1922 in the constituency of Cork Mid, North, South, South-East, West . As an opponent of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, however, he did not take his seat in the House of Commons and thus belonged to the so-called anti-treaty within the Sinn Féin . In 1923 he renounced a new candidate for the lower house.

It was not until 1932 that he reappeared as a candidate for Fianna Fáil in the general election and, after eight subsequent re-elections, he represented the interests of the constituency of Cork North until 1957 .

In July 1937 he became parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce and, after a short break from May to June 1938, held this office until 9 February 1943. At the same time, he was also parliamentary secretary from August 1939 to June 26, 1943 1943 Defense Minister and from February 10 to June 26, 1943, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance.

On July 2, 1943, Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) Éamon de Valera appointed him for the first time in his cabinet, to which he belonged as Minister of Lands until the Fianna Fáil was defeated on February 18, 1948. After the Fianna Fáil won the general election in 1951 against the Fine Gael , he was from June 13, 1951 to June 2, 1954 Minister of Education in the cabinet of de Valera.

In the parliamentary elections in 1957 he suffered a defeat and left the House of Commons. However, he was nominated by Prime Minister de Valera as a member of the Senate ( Seanad Éireann ) and belonged to this until his death as a representative of the Fianna Fáil. At the same time he was Minister of Agriculture in de Valera's cabinet from May 16 until his death on November 16, 1957. He was the first senator to be appointed as a minister to a government.

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SURNAME Moylan, Seán
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ó Maoláin, Seán
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish politician (Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil)
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Kilmallock , County Limerick
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1957