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Sean MacBride

Seán MacBride
Seán MacBride 1984.jpg
MacBride in Amsterdam, October 1984
Minister for External Affairs
In office
18 February 1948 – 13 June 1951
Preceded by Éamon de Valera
Succeeded by Frank Aiken
Teachta Dála
In office
October 1947 – March 1957
Constituency Dublin County
Personal details
Born (1904-01-26)26 January 1904
Paris, France
Died 15 January 1988(1988-01-15) (aged 83)
Dublin, Ireland
Political party Clann na Poblachta
Spouse(s) Catalina ("Kid") Bulfin (died 1976)
Alma mater University College Dublin
Religion Roman Catholicism

Seán MacBride (26 January 1904 – 15 January 1988) was an Irish government minister, a prominent international politician and a former Chief of Staff of the IRA.

Rising from a domestic Irish political career, he founded or participated in many international organisations of the 20th century, including the United Nations, the Council of Europe and Amnesty International. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974, the Lenin Peace Prize for 1975–1976 and the UNESCO Silver Medal for Service in 1980.

MacBride was born in Paris in 1904, the son of Major John MacBride and Maud Gonne. His first language was French. He first studied at the Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague. He remained in Paris until his father's execution after the Easter Rising of 1916, when he was sent to school at Mount St. Benedict's, Gorey, County Wexford in Ireland. In 1919, aged 15, he joined the Irish Volunteers, which fought as part of the Irish Republican Army, and took part in the Irish War of Independence. He opposed the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty and was imprisoned by the Irish Free State during the Civil War.

On his release in 1924, MacBride studied law at University College Dublin and resumed his IRA activities. He worked briefly for Éamon de Valera as his personal secretary, travelling with him to Rome to meet various dignitaries.


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