Seán Calleary
Seán Calleary was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a member of Dáil Éireann from 1973 to 1992 representing the Mayo East constituency.
His father Phelim Calleary had been a Teachta Dála for Mayo North constituency from 1952 to 1969. A native of Ballina, County Mayo, he was educated at Garbally College in Ballinasloe, County Galway. He was a member of Mayo County Council from 1967 to 1987 before he became a Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo East from 1973 to 1992. He served as Minister of State at the Department of the Public Service from 1979 to 1981, at the Department of Industry and Commerce in 1982 and at the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1987 to 1992.
His son Dara Calleary has been a Fianna Fáil TD for the Mayo constituency since the 2007 general election.
Calleary died on 4 June 2018 at the age of 86.
