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Seán Mac Eoin (30 September 1893 – 7 July 1973) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and soldier who served as Minister for Defence briefly in 1951 and from 1954 to 1957, Minister for Justice from 1948 to 1951, and Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces from February 1929 to October 1929.
Mac Eoin, Seán (1893–1973), soldier and politician, was born John Joseph McKeon, 30 September 1893, at Ballinlough, Granard, Co. Longford, eldest of five sons and three daughters of Andrew McKeon, blacksmith and farmer, of Molly, Aughnacliffe, Co. Longford, and Katherine McKeon (née Treacy) of Ballinlough. Ancestors of his mother had taken ...
Seán Mac Eoin was a soldier during the War of Independence and leader of an IRA (Irish Republican Army) flying column in north Longford during that conflict. He was first elected a Sinn Féin...
This mini-documentary focuses on the capture of Longford revolutionary Seán Mac Eoin by British forces in Mullingar, which took place in March 1921.The capture of Mac Eoin was one of the headline events of the War of Independence in Westmeath and was a national story at the time.
General Seán Mac Eoin, leader of the North Longford Flying Column, and also known as the Blacksmith of Ballinalee, pointing out the place in Mullingar where he unsuccessfully tried to escape in 1921. Mac Eoin was sentenced to death, which was averted when Michael Collins insisted he be released as part of the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.
Seán MacEoin was a member and leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). On 7 March 1921, he was arrested and sentenced to death for the murder of an RIC District Inspector McGrath in...
9 de jul. de 2023 · General Seán Mac Eoin was a former Fine Gael politician, government minister and soldier and one of the IRA leaders during the War of Independence. Former President Éamon de Valera was among...
