Eugene Mullen
Irish Fianna Fáil politician, professor and priest
Eugene Mullen | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
| In office June 1927 – September 1927 | |
| Constituency | Mayo South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1898 Breaffy, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Died | 1953 (aged 54–55) |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Relatives | Thomas Mullen (brother) |
| Other name | Father Ephraim |
Eugene Mullen (1898–1953) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, professor and priest.[1]
Mullen was born in Roemore, Breaffy, County Mayo, to national school teacher parents, Thomas and Mary Mullen.[2] A schoolteacher by profession, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo South constituency at the June 1927 general election.[3] He lost his seat at the September 1927 general election having only served 3 months as a TD.[4]
Mullen subsequently became a professor. Later, on 16 December 1938, he joined the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, assuming the name Father Ephraim.[5][6] As a Carmelite friar, Mullen wrote the epic poem Ode to St. Patrick as well as other lyrical pieces.
His younger brother Thomas Mullen, was a TD for the Dublin County constituency from 1938 to 1943.[5]
References
- ^ Healy, John (2015). "The first Breaffy TD". Mayo News. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Residents of a house 4 in Roemore (Breaghy, Mayo)". National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901. 26 October 2022..
- ^ "Eugene Mullen". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
- ^ "Eugene Mullen". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
- ^ a b Obituary Mr Thomas Mullen, Irish Independent, p. 5, 3 January 1966.
- ^ Catholic Herald UK. "Fx-Deputy Becomes Monk". Archive of the Catholic Herald Newspaper. Catholic Herald UK. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Mayo South constituency
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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| 4th | 1923 | Tom Maguire (Rep) | Michael Kilroy (Rep) | William Sears (CnaG) | Joseph MacBride (CnaG) | Martin Nally (CnaG) | |||||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab) | Michael Kilroy (FF) | Eugene Mullen (FF) | James FitzGerald-Kenney (CnaG) | ||||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | Richard Walsh (FF) | |||||||||
| 7th | 1932 | Edward Moane (FF) | |||||||||
| 8th | 1933 | ||||||||||
| 9th | 1937 | Micheál Clery (FF) | James FitzGerald-Kenney (FG) | Martin Nally (FG) | |||||||
| 10th | 1938 | Mícheál Ó Móráin (FF) | |||||||||
| 11th | 1943 | Joseph Blowick (CnaT) | Dominick Cafferky (CnaT) | ||||||||
| 12th | 1944 | Richard Walsh (FF) | |||||||||
| 1945 by-election | Bernard Commons (CnaT) | ||||||||||
| 13th | 1948 | 4 seats 1948–1969 | |||||||||
| 14th | 1951 | Seán Flanagan (FF) | Dominick Cafferky (CnaT) | ||||||||
| 15th | 1954 | Henry Kenny (FG) | |||||||||
| 16th | 1957 | ||||||||||
| 17th | 1961 | ||||||||||
| 18th | 1965 | Michael Lyons (FG) | |||||||||
| 19th | 1969 | Constituency abolished. See Mayo East and Mayo West | |||||||||
