Seán Moylan
| Seán Moylan | |
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| Minister for Agriculture | |
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In office 16 May 1957 – 16 November 1957 |
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| Taoiseach | Éamon de Valera |
| Preceded by | Frank Aiken |
| Succeeded by | Frank Aiken |
| Minister for Education | |
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In office 13 June 1951 – 2 June 1954 |
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| Taoiseach | Éamon de Valera |
| Preceded by | Richard Mulcahy |
| Succeeded by | Richard Mulcahy |
| Minister for Lands | |
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In office 2 July 1943 – 18 February 1948 |
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| Taoiseach | Éamon de Valera |
| Preceded by | Thomas Derrig |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Blowick |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office February 1932 – November 1957 |
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| Constituency | Cork North |
| Senator | |
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In office May 1957 – November 1957 |
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| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 November 1888 County Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 16 November 1957 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
Seán Moylan (19 November 1888 – 16 November 1957) was a Commandant of the Irish Republican Army and later a Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil politician. After the Irish War of Independence he also served under Taoiseach Éamon de Valera as Minister for Lands (1943–48), Minister for Education (1951–54) and Minister for Agriculture (1957).
Moylan was born in Kilmallock, County Limerick in 1888. He was educated locally and was from a strong republican background which saw him join the Gaelic League and the Gaelic Athletic Association. He trained as a carpenter's apprentice and worked in Dublin. In 1914 Moylan joined the Kilmallock company of the Irish Volunteers but left in 1914 when his apprenticeship finished and he moved to set up a business in Newmarket, County Cork. There he joined the local company of the Volunteers again.
Following reorganisation after the 1916 Easter Rising, Moylan was appointed Captain of the Newmarket Company. During the Irish War of Independence he was Commandant of the Cork No.2 Battalion of the Irish Republican Army and led the Active Service Unit in North Cork during 1920. He had risen to the rank of Officer Commanding the Cork No.2 Brigade when he was captured and interned in Spike Island in May 1921. Moylan was elected to Dáil Éireann, while in prison, as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the Second Dáil. He was released in August 1921 to attend the Dáil. Moylan opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and left the Dáil with the other Anti-Treaty deputies following its ratification.
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