Editing Seán MacEntee (section)

==Early life==
Born as John McEntee at 47 King Street, [[Belfast]] on 23 August 1889, the son of James McEntee, a publican, and his wife, Mary Owens, both of whom were from [[Monaghan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/df1cd30424445|title=General Registrar's Office|website=IrishGenealogy.ie|access-date=22 August 2017|archive-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922213032/https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/captcha.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1901 and 1911, the family's address was 49 King Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Smithfield/King_Street/973725/|title=National Archives: Census of Ireland, 1901|website=www.census.nationalarchives.ie|language=en|access-date=2017-08-23|archive-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922213032/http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Smithfield/King_Street/973725/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Smithfield/King_Street/186223/|title=National Archives: Census of Ireland, 1911|website=www.census.nationalarchives.ie|language=en|access-date=2017-08-23|archive-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506145112/http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Smithfield/King_Street/186223/|url-status=live}}</ref> James McEntee was a prominent Nationalist member of [[Belfast Corporation]] and a close friend of [[Joseph Devlin|Joe Devlin]] MP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishnews.com/arts/2016/06/16/news/how-unionist-politician-saved-1916-rebel-sean-mcentee-from-firing-squad-560408/|title=How Unionist politician saved 1916 rebel Sean McEntee from firing squad|website=The Irish News|date=16 June 2016|language=en|access-date=2017-08-22|archive-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822095219/http://www.irishnews.com/arts/2016/06/16/news/how-unionist-politician-saved-1916-rebel-sean-mcentee-from-firing-squad-560408/|url-status=live}}</ref>

MacEntee was educated at [[St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast|St Mary's Christian Brothers School]], [[St Malachy's College]] and the Belfast Municipal College of Technology where he qualified as an electrical engineer.<ref name=dib>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/macentee-sean-john-francis-a5202|title=MacEntee, Sean (John) Francis|work=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]|last=McMahon|first=Deirdre|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref> His early political involvement was with the [[Irish Socialist Republican Party]] in Belfast city. He quickly rose through the ranks of the trade union movement becoming junior representative in the city's shipyards. Following his education MacEntee worked as an engineer in [[Dundalk]], [[County Louth]], and was involved in the establishment of a local corps of the [[Irish Volunteers]] in the town. He mobilised in Dundalk and fought in the [[General Post Office, Dublin|General Post Office]] Garrison in the [[Easter Rising]] in 1916. He was sentenced to death for his part in the rising.  This sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. MacEntee was released in the general amnesty in 1917 and was later elected a member of the National Executives of both [[Sinn Féin]] and the Irish Volunteers in October 1917. MacEntee was later elected Sinn Féin [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[South Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)|Monaghan South]] at the [[1918 Irish general election|1918 general election]].