Seán Mac Eoin

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Irish politician Irish revolutionary human military officer

Seán Mac Eoin was an Irish revolutionary leader and later a senior military and political figure in the Irish Free State, renowned for his role in the War of Independence and subsequent national army service.

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Seán Mac Eoin canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish politician ⓘ
Irish revolutionary ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
alias The Blacksmith of Ballinalee ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Seán MacKeon ⓘ
birthName John Joseph McKeon ⓘ
burialPlace St. Emers Cemetery, Ballinalee, County Longford, Ireland ⓘ
conflict Irish Civil War ⓘ
Irish War of Independence ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1893-09-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1973-06-07 ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish ⓘ
honor commemorated by a statue in Ballinalee, County Longford ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Cumann na nGaedheal ⓘ
Fine Gael ⓘ
militaryBranch Irish Republican Army ⓘ
National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
name Seán Mac Eoin self-link ⓘ
nationality Irish ⓘ
nativeLanguage Irish ⓘ
notableEvent capture by British forces in 1921 during the War of Independence ⓘ
release from prison following the Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
notableFor commanding IRA forces in County Longford during the Irish War of Independence ⓘ
leadership in the Irish Free State National Army ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
revolutionary leader ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
parliamentaryBody Dáil Éireann ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ballinalee, County Longford, Ireland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dublin ⓘ
surface form: Dublin, Ireland
positionHeld Minister for Defence of Ireland ⓘ
Minister for Justice ⓘ
surface form: Minister for Justice of Ireland

Teachta Dála ⓘ
predecessorInOffice Kevin O'Higgins ⓘ
professionBeforePolitics blacksmith ⓘ
regionOfActivity County Longford ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
representedConstituency Longford ⓘ
Longford–Westmeath ⓘ
roleInCivilWar pro-Treaty commander in the Irish Civil War ⓘ
spouse Alice Cooney ⓘ
successorInOffice Patrick McGilligan ⓘ
supportedTreaty Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ

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National Army of the Irish Free State → notableCommander → Seán Mac Eoin ⓘ
Seán Mac Eoin → name → Seán Mac Eoin self-link ⓘ