Eamon Kissane
Eamon Kissane (13 January 1899 – 20 May 1979) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence from 1943 to 1948, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands from February 1943 to July 1943. He served as a Senator from 1951 to 1965 and a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1932 to 1951.
Eamon Kissane | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary Secretary | |
| 1943–1948 | Government Chief Whip |
| 1943–1948 | Defence |
| 1943 | Lands |
| Senator | |
| In office 22 July 1954 – 23 June 1965 | |
| Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
| In office 14 August 1951 – 22 July 1954 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office July 1937 – May 1951 | |
| Constituency | Kerry North |
| In office February 1932 – July 1937 | |
| Constituency | Kerry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1899 Moyvane, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Died | 20 May 1979 (aged 80) New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse |
Anne Kehoe (m. 1935) |
| Alma mater |
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A member of a prosperous farming family in Newtownsandes (now Moyvane) in north County Kerry, he joined the Irish Volunteers and was elected to Kerry County Council at the age of 21. He fought in the Irish War of Independence and on the Anti-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War. He was imprisoned by Irish Free State authorities from 1922 to 1923.
Deeply interested in Irish culture, Kissane was a member of Conradh na Gaeilge and worked as a teacher of the Irish language until his election to the Dáil.