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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 Fáil from 1959 to 1966.
May 9, 2024 · Seán F. Lemass was an Irish patriot and politician, who served as taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland from 1959 to 1966. As early as the age of 16, Lemass became a freedom fighter in the streets of Dublin, engaging in the Easter Rising (April 1916) and other hostilities and landing in jail again.
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Jul 21, 2013 · Seán Lemass (1899-1971) was taoiseach from 1959 to 1966. He grew up on Capel Street, in Dublin’s north inner city, and fought in the 1916 Rising as a part-time volunteer and in the...
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Lemass, Seán (1899–1971), revolutionary, politician, and taoiseach, was born 15 July 1899 in Norwood Cottage, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin (where his family were holidaying), second of seven children and second of four sons of John Timothy Lemass (d. 1947), a Dublin hatter, and Frances Lemass (née Phelan; d. 1961), daughter of a Kilkenny ...
Seán Lemass was a teenage rebel who fought in the Easter Rising and went on to become Irish Táoiseach more than 40 years later. He is often referred to as the father of modern Ireland because of the economic reforms he introduced to promote industrial growth and encourage foreign investment.
Seán Lemass announced his decision to resign as Taoiseach and leader of the Fianna Fáil party on 8 November 1966. An RTÉ News report broadcast on 4 April 1967. The footage shown here is mute.
This project draws together the public speeches of Lemass during his period as Taoiseach. The reports and records of these speeches were collated from a variety of sources including the Government Information Service records in the National Archives of Ireland and the national newspapers.
