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Eoin MacNeill
Minister for Education
In office
30 August 1922 – 24 November 1925
PresidentW. T. Cosgrave
Preceded byFionán Lynch
Succeeded byJohn M. O'Sullivan
Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
In office
16 August 1921 – 9 September 1922
DeputyJohn J. O'Kelly
Brian O'Higgins
Preceded bySeán T. O'Kelly
Succeeded byMichael Hayes
Minister for Industries
In office
1 April 1919 – 26 August 1921
PresidentÉamon de Valera
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister for Finance
In office
22 January 1919 – 1 April 1919
PresidentÉamon de Valera
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byMichael Collins
Teachta Dála
In office
August 1923 – June 1927
ConstituencyClare
In office
December 1918 – August 1923
ConstituencyNational University
Member of Parliament
In office
14 December 1918 – 26 October 1922
Preceded byJames Dougherty
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyLondonderry City
In office
23 December 1918 – 26 October 1922
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyNational University
Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament
In office
24 May 1921 – 3 April 1925
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byBasil McGuckin
ConstituencyLondonderry
Personal details
Born
John McNeill

(1867-05-15)15 May 1867
Glenarm, County Antrim, Ireland
Died15 October 1945(1945-10-15) (aged 78)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyCumann na nGaedheal
(1923–1933)
Other political
affiliations
Sinn Féin
(1900–1923)
Spouse(s)
Agnes Moore (m. 1898)
Children8
EducationSt Malachy's College
Alma materQueen's University Belfast

Eoin MacNeil (15 May 1867 – 15 October 1945) was an Irish scholar, Irish language enthusiast, nationalist and politician who served as Minister for Education from 1922 to 1925, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1921 to 1922, Minister for Industries 1919 to 1921 and Minister for Finance January 1919 to April 1919. He served as a Teachta Dála from 1918 to 1927. He was a Member of Parliament for Londonderry City from 1918 to 1922 and a Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for Londonderry from 1921 to 1925

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Oireachtas
Preceded by
Seán T. O'Kelly
Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
1921–1922
Succeeded by
Michael Hayes
Political offices
New office Minister for Finance
1919
Succeeded by
Michael Collins
Minister for Industries
1919–1921
Office abolished
Preceded by
Fionán Lynch
(Provisional Government)
Minister for Education
1922–1925
Succeeded by
John M. O'Sullivan
Preceded by
Michael Hayes
(Second Dáil – Post Treaty)