Editing Seán MacEntee (section)

==Family==
In June 1921, he married a strongly nationalistic woman from [[County Tipperary]], Margaret Browne (1893–1976), who later taught Irish at [[Alexandra College]] and then at [[University College Dublin|UCD]]. Among Margaret's brothers were [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] [[Michael Browne (cardinal)|Michael Browne]], poet and academic [[Monsignor]] [[Pádraig de Brún]], and author Monsignor [[Maurice Browne (author)|Maurice Browne]]. One of Seán and Margaret's daughters was the Irish poet [[Máire Mhac an tSaoi]] (1922 - 2021).<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 October 2021|title=RIP.ie|url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/m%C3%A1ire-cruise-o-brien--dublin/473328|access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref> She was married to the politician [[Conor Cruise O'Brien]] until his death. Their other daughter was Barbara MacEntee-Biggar (1928–1995), who was married to Irish Ambassador Frank Biggar (1917–1974);<ref name=NYT-1984-01-12a/><ref name=Ferriter2010-01a>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXa7m8wG84MC&pg=PA576|title=The Transformation Of Ireland 1900–2000|author=Diarmaid Ferriter|author-link=Diarmaid Ferriter|publisher=[[Profile Books]]|isbn=9781847650818|year=2010|access-date=22 March 2018|page=576|quote=... the Irish ambassador to the Common Market, Frank Biggar, was also Irish ambassador to Belgium and non-resident ambassador to Luxembourg.|archive-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922213032/https://books.google.com/books?id=lXa7m8wG84MC&pg=PA576|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Zircon1973-01a>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Re8pAQAAMAAJ|title=Who's who, what's what and where in Ireland|author=Zircon Publishing|publisher=Macmillan Information|year=1973|access-date=22 March 2018|page=27|isbn=9780225658873|quote=BIGGAR. Frank. Ambassador. Grande Croix de la Couronne (Belgium) Grande Croix du Chane (Luxembourg) lrish Ambassador to Switzerland. b. Dublin 29 May 1917. ... m. 1951 Barbara. 2nd daughter of Sean MacEntee and Margaret (nee Browne). Children John 1952 ...|archive-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922213033/https://books.google.com/books?id=Re8pAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}} Original from the [[University of Michigan]], Digitized 6 Sep 2011</ref><ref name=Ancestry01a/> Barbara and Frank's eldest son is former Irish ambassador John Biggar (1952–).<ref name=Zircon1973-01a/><ref name=Ancestry01a/><ref name=DFA-JB01a>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/bulgaria/about-us/the-embassys-history/|title=Embassy of Ireland, Bulgaria|publisher=[[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Ireland)|Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]]|access-date=22 March 2018|quote=Irish resident Ambassadors to Bulgaria ... John Biggar 2013-to 2015 (also accredited to Armenia and Georgia)|archive-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322143315/https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/bulgaria/about-us/the-embassys-history/|url-status=live}}</ref> Barbara and Frank's third son was Maurice Biggar (1956–2023), a "young star of [[Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)|L&H]] debates, diplomat, barrister, gaeilgeoir, linguist and poet".<ref name=Indo2023-04-02a>{{cite web|last1=De Bréadún|first1=Deaglán|authorlink=Deaglán de Bréadún|title=Obituary: Maurice Biggar, young star of L&H debates, diplomat, barrister, gaeilgeoir, linguist and poet|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/obituary-maurice-biggar-young-star-of-l-and-h-debates-diplomat-barrister-gaeilgeoir-linguist-and-poet-42414393.html|publisher=[[Irish Independent]]|date=2 April 2023|access-date=3 April 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230403095005/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/obituary-maurice-biggar-young-star-of-l-and-h-debates-diplomat-barrister-gaeilgeoir-linguist-and-poet-42414393.html|archive-date=3 April 2023|quote=}} ([[Microsoft Network|MSN]] also have a (currently free) backup copy of this article [https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/obituary-maurice-biggar-young-star-of-l-h-debates-diplomat-barrister-gaeilgeoir-linguist-and-poet/ar-AA19mGdH here]).</ref> Seán and Margaret also had a son, Seamus MacEntee (1924–2000), who lived mostly in England, working as a psychiatrist, as well as being an artist painting under the name Sagesson ("[[Sage (philosophy)|Sage]]'s son" is an English translation of the name MacEntee, which is an [[anglicisation]] of the [[Irish language|Irish]] Mac an tSaoi, meaning "Son of the wise man"<ref name=Saoi-01a>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tearma.ie/q/Saoi/|title="Saoi"|website=téarma.ie}}</ref>).<ref name=NYT-1984-01-12a>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/12/obituaries/sean-mcentee-94-founding-figure-irish-republic-dublin-jan-11-ap-sean-macentee.html|title=Obituaries: SEAN MCENTEE, 94; A FOUNDING FIGURE OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC DUBLIN, Jan. 11 (AP)|date=12 January 1984|access-date=26 November 2017|author=Associated Press (AP)|work=New York Times|quote=Mr. MacEntee is survived by his son, Seamus, and two daughters, Barbara and Maire, a Gaelic-language scholar married to former Posts and Telegraphs Minister Conor Cruise O'Brien. Mr. MacEntee's wife, Margaret, died in 1976.|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031854/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/12/obituaries/sean-mcentee-94-founding-figure-irish-republic-dublin-jan-11-ap-sean-macentee.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Ancestry01a>Biggar-Donnellan Ancestry Tree at Ancestry.com</ref>