Oscar Traynor

Oscar Traynor
Traynor in July 1922
Minister for Justice
In office 20 March 1957 – 11 October 1961
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera Seán Lemass
Preceded by	James Everett
Succeeded by	Charles Haughey
Minister for Defence
In office 13 June 1951 – 2 June 1954
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	Seán Mac Eoin
Succeeded by	Seán Mac Eoin
In office 8 September 1939 – 18 February 1948
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	Frank Aiken
Succeeded by	Thomas F. O'Higgins
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs
In office 11 November 1936 – 8 September 1939
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	Gerald Boland
Succeeded by	Thomas Derrig
Parliamentary Secretary
1936	Defence
Teachta Dála
In office February 1932 – October 1961
Constituency	Dublin North-East
In office March 1925 – September 1927
Constituency	Dublin North
Personal details
Born	(1886-03-21)21 March 1886 Dublin, Ireland
Died	14 December 1963(1963-12-14) (aged 77) Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Anne Coyne ​ (m. 1918)​
Children	3
Military service
Allegiance	Irish Republican Brotherhood Irish Volunteers Irish Republican Army Anti-Treaty IRA
Years of service	1913–1922
Battles/wars	Easter Rising Irish War of Independence Irish Civil War

Oscar Traynor (21 March 1886 – 14 December 1963) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and republican who served as Minister for Justice from 1957 to 1961, Minister for Defence from 1939 to 1948 and 1951 to 1954, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1936 to 1939 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence from June 1936 to November 1936. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1925 to 1927 and 1932 to 1961.^[1]

He was also involved with association football, being the president of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) from 1948 until 1963.^[2]