Results of the 1961 Election Results of the 1965 Election 70 47 16 1 2 8
72 47 22 1
n/a 2
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Members of the 1965 Fianna Fáil cabinet included: Taoiseach
Tánaiste and Minister for External Affairs Minister for Finance Minister for Justice
Minister for Agriculture
Seán Lemass Frank Aiken Jack Lynch
Brian Lenihan Charles Haughey The 1916 Commemorations
April 1966 was the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. President Éamon de Valera and Taoiseach Seán Lemass, both of whom had taken part in the Rising, headed the official commemoration. De Valera, and other members of Fianna Fáil, felt that the commemoration should focus on the nation’s pride in its past and optimism for the future. Lemass believed that it offered an opportunity to herald a new era of national social and economic development.
The Irish Army lead the 1916 commemorative parade past the GPO, Dublin.
