Maurice Moynihan

Maurice Moynihan
Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland
In office
29 August 1960 – 30 April 1969
TaoiseachSeán Lemass
Jack Lynch
Preceded byJames McElligott
Succeeded byT. K. Whitaker
Personal details
Born
Maurice Gerard Moynihan

(1902-12-14)14 December 1902
Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Died21 August 1999(1999-08-21) (aged 96)
Skerries, Dublin, Ireland
Spouse(s)Mae Conley
(m. 1932; d. 1999)
Children5
Alma materUniversity College Cork

Maurice Gerard Moynihan, (14 December 1902 – 21 August 1999) was an Irish economist and civil servant who served as the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland from 1960 to 1969.[1] He was also a co-drafter of the 1937 Constitution of Ireland, Secretary of the Government of the Irish Free State in 1937 and Knight Commander of the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1959.

  1. ^ O'Halloran, Marie (23 August 1999). "Central Bank ex-Governor, Maurice Moynihan, dies". The Irish Times.