Eoin MacNeill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eoin MacNeill

Irish politician and scholar

Date of Birth: 15-May-1867

Place of Birth: Glenarm, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Oct-1945

Profession: writer, politician, historian, university teacher

Nationality: Ireland, Irish Free State

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Eóin John MacNeill (Irish: Eóin Mac Néill; 15 May 1867 – 15 October 1945) was an Irish scholar, Irish language enthusiast, Gaelic revivalist, 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 (TD) from 1918 to 1927.
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Londonderry City from 1918 to 1922 and a Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament (MP) for Londonderry from 1921 to 1925.A key figure of the Gaelic revival, MacNeill was a co-founder of the Gaelic League, to preserve Irish language and culture.
He has been described as "the father of the modern study of early Irish medieval history".He established the Irish Volunteers in 1913 and served as its Chief-of-Staff.
He held the position at the outbreak of the Easter Rising but had no role in the Rising or its planning, which was carried out by infiltrators from the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
MacNeill helped countermand the Easter Monday uprising after learning about it and confronting Patrick Pearse, by placing a last-minute news advertisement advising Volunteers not to take part.
He was later elected to the First Dáil as a member of Sinn Féin.