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Lemass

American  
[luh-mas] / ləˈmæs /

noun

  1. Seán Francis 1899–1971, prime minister of Ireland 1959–66.


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"There was no need for second explosion - but Lemass wanted a bit of a kick out of it, that he would outclass the first one."

From BBC Mar. 11, 2016

By the time Sean Lemass became Taoiseach he knew full well from intelligence reports and so on who had been responsible for the murder of his brother Noel.

From The Guardian Jan. 30, 2016

Yet Sean Lemass never once thought about carrying out revenge or demanding retrospective justice,” Ó Cuív said.

From The Guardian Jan. 30, 2016

Lemass is the great-grandson of a hatter who landed in Dublin in 1820.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today's expansion would not have been possible if Sean Lemass had not started laying the groundwork long ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

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