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John M. O'Sullivan

John M. O'Sullivan
Minister for Education
In office 28 January 1926 – 9 March 1932
Preceded by	Eoin MacNeill
Succeeded by	Thomas Derrig
Parliamentary Secretary
1924–1926	Finance
Teachta Dála
In office July 1937 – June 1943
Constituency	Kerry North
In office August 1923 – July 1937
Constituency	Kerry
Personal details
Born	(1881-02-18)18 February 1881 Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Died	9 February 1948(1948-02-09) (aged 66) Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael Cumann na nGaedheal
Spouse	Agnes Crotty
Children	4
Education	St Brendan's College, Killarney Clongowes Wood College
Alma mater	University College Dublin University of Bonn Heidelberg University

John Marcus O'Sullivan (18 February 1881 – 9 February 1948) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Education from 1926 to 1932 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance from 1924 to 1926. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1923 to 1943.^[1]

O'Sullivan was born in Killarney, County Kerry, in 1881, the second son of M. O'Sullivan, a merchant.^[2] He was educated at St Brendan's College, Killarney, Clongowes Wood College, and later at University College Dublin (UCD), University of Bonn and Heidelberg University, where he was awarded a PhD. He was appointed to the Chair of Modern History at UCD in 1910.^[3]

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 1923 as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD for the Kerry North constituency.^[4] He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance from 1924 to 1926. He was appointed to the Cabinet in 1926, serving under W. T. CosgraveasMinister for Education. In 1926, a report from the Second National Programme Conference was presented to him as the Minister for Education. He accepted all proposals stated in the report to be recommended as a national curriculum. His major ministerial achievement was the Vocational Education Act 1930.^[2][3] He served on the Irish delegation to the League of Nations, in 1924 and from 1928 to 1930. He was re-elected at every election until 1943 when he lost his Dáil seat.^[4] He subsequently retired from politics.

He was married to Agnes Crotty, and they had 4 children, two sons and two daughters.^[2] O'Sullivan died on 9 February 1948, at his home in Rathgar, Dublin.

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• "O'Sullivan, Professor John M." . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 199  – via Wikisource.