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Seán Mac Eoin

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Lifespan

1893 – 1973

19001910192019301940195019601970Irish War of Independence · 1919-1921Battle of Ballinalee — November 3, 1920 · Irish Republican Army · Irish War of Independence

Active service 1920 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 27.

Profile

Seán Mac Eoin was an Irish republican and later Fine Gael politician who was Minister for Defence briefly in 1951 and from 1954 to 1957, and Minister for Justice from 1948 to 1951. He had been Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces from February 1929 to October 1929. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1921 to 1923 and from 1929 to 1965.

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Battles (1)

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