Seán Ó Ceallaigh (Clare politician)

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Seán Ó Ceallaigh (17 April 1896 – 15 June 1994) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.^[1] He was first elected as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency at a by-election on 22 July 1959, succeeding Éamon de Valera who had been elected President of Ireland. He was re-elected at the 1961 general election and at the 1965 general election.^[2] He did not contest the 1969 general election.

Seán Ó Ceallaigh
Teachta Dála
In office July 1959 – June 1969
Constituency	Clare
Personal details
Born	(1896-04-17)17 April 1896 County Clare, Ireland
Died	15 June 1994(1994-06-15) (aged 98) County Clare, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil

Ó Ceallaigh taught in the all-Irish Coláiste Uí Chomhraidhe, Carrigaholt, County Clare. His son, Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, was an Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin.