Book review: Giving recognition to IRA leader and politician Moylan

Eamonn Duggan has delivered an excellent synopsis of Sean Moylan’s life, especially of the active years of 1918 to 1923
Sean Moylan, when he was education minister, at the official opening of Midleton Vocational School, Cork. He had a very successful political career and served as minister for lands (1943 to 1948) and minister for education (1951 to 1954).

Sean Moylan, when he was education minister, at the official opening of Midleton Vocational School, Cork. He had a very successful political career and served as minister for lands (1943 to 1948) and minister for education (1951 to 1954).

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Diarmuid O'Donovan

  • Sean Moylan: An IRA Revolutionary at War
  • Eamonn Duggan 
  • Pen and Sword, £25 

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