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    Seán Francis Lemass (born John Francis Lemass; 15 July 1899 – 11 May 1971) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna...
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    However, one of his colleagues, Seán Lemass, convinced de Valera to found a new republican party. In March 1926, with Lemass, Constance Markievicz and others...
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    on 18 March by President Éamon de Valera on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The general election took place in 38 Dáil constituencies throughout...
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    Executive Council: Tim Pat Coogan, Éamon de Valera John Horgan, Seán Lemass Brian Farrell, Seán Lemass T. P. O'Mahony, Jack Lynch: A Biography T. Ryle Dwyer, Nice...
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    while his maternal grandfather was Seán Lemass; each served as Taoiseach. His uncle Noel Lemass and aunt Eileen Lemass were also members of Dáil Éireann...
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    15 September by President Éamon de Valera on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The general election took place in 38 Dáil constituencies throughout...
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    Fianna Fáil from 1966 until 1979, succeeding the hugely influential Seán Lemass. Lynch was the last party leader to secure (in 1977) an overall majority...
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  • (1898–1985), wife of Seán Lemass Maureen Lemass, the birth name of Maureen Haughey (1925–2017), wife of Taoiseach Charles Haughey Noel Lemass (1929–1976), Irish...
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    Seán Francis MacEntee (Irish: Seán Mac an tSaoi; 23 August 1889 – 9 January 1984) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Tánaiste from 1959...
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    a woman Minister. Four Tánaistí later held the office of Taoiseach: Seán Lemass, Bertie Ahern, Brian Cowen, and Leo Varadkar (his second term as Taoiseach)...
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  • Taoiseach Seán Lemass, Fine Gael leader James Dillon, and Labour Party leader Brendan Corish were each proposed. The nomination of Lemass was carried...
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  • leader Seán Lemass was proposed. This motion was carried with 75 votes in favour to 51 votes against. Lemass was appointed as Taoiseach by President Seán T...
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    Seán Thomas O'Kelly (Irish: Seán Tomás Ó Ceallaigh; 25 August 1882 – 23 November 1966), originally John T. O'Kelly, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician...
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    Charles Haughey (category Lemass family)
    father-in-law Seán Lemass. It is unclear whether the choice was made by Lemass directly as Taoiseach, or by the cabinet against his wishes. Lemass had advised...
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  • Taoiseach Seán Lemass, Fine Gael leader James Dillon, and Labour Party leader Brendan Corish were each proposed. The nomination of Lemass was carried...
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  • years before he was one of a group of young party members handpicked by Seán Lemass to begin a re-organisation drive for the party following the defeat at...
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  • Battalion during the war of independence. Seán Lemass Liam Lynch Dinny Lacey Seán MacBride Seán Mac Eoin Seán MacEntee Terence MacSwiney Tom Maguire Dick...
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    including Gerard Sweetman and Daniel Morrissey of Fine Gael as well as Seán Lemass of Fianna Fáil who were pushing a modernising agenda. He represented...
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  • Valera to Seán Lemass in June 1959. On 8 September 1961 President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The 16th...
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  • for Lands in de Valera's 1957–59 cabinet. In 1959, the new Taoiseach Seán Lemass initially appointed him as Minister for Lands, before appointing him...
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  • ministerial positions within the governments of Éamon de Valera and Seán Lemass. Smith was born in the town of Bailieborough, County Cavan, the eighth...
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  • split from Sinn Féin. Other founding members included Seán Lemass (who became its second leader), Seán T. O'Kelly, P. J. Ruttledge and others, including the...
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  • 1956 to 1976. Born in Dublin in 1929, Lemass was the son of Seán Lemass, a Fianna Fáil TD, and Kathleen Lemass (née Hughes). He was named after his uncle...
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    Kathleen Mary Josephine Lemass (née Hughes; 18 September 1898 – 14 March 1985) was the wife of Seán Lemass who served as Taoiseach from 1959 to 1966. Kathleen...
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  • caused by the death of her 47-year-old husband Noel Lemass, son of former Taoiseach Seán Lemass and brother-in-law of future Taoiseach Charles Haughey...
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    Collins in His Own Words (Gill & Macmillan, 1997). In the 1960s, Taoiseach Seán Lemass, himself a veteran of the 1916 Rising and War of Independence, credited...
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  • Taoiseach on three occasions. She was born in Dublin, the eldest daughter of Seán Lemass, the recently elected TD for Dublin South and future Taoiseach, and Kathleen...
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  • year 1964 in Ireland. President: Éamon de Valera Taoiseach: Seán Lemass (FF) Tánaiste: Seán MacEntee (FF) Minister for Finance: James Ryan Chief Justice:...
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    economic policy Ryan, a close ally of Seán Lemass, was appointed Minister for Finance, replacing the conservative Seán MacEntee. The first sign of a new economic...
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  • Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The 17th Dáil lasted 1,255 days. Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet (●), formed the 10th government of Ireland led by Seán Lemass as Taoiseach...
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