1. Oscar Traynor was an Irish republican and Fianna Fail politician who served as Minister for Justice from 1957 to 1961, Minister for Defence from 1939 to 1948 and 1951 to 1954, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1936 to 1939 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence from June 1936 to November 1936.
Oscar Traynor was a Teachta Dala from 1925 to 1927 and 1932 to 1961.
Oscar Traynor was involved with association football, being the president of the Football Association of Ireland from 1948 until 1963.
Oscar Traynor was born on 21 March 1886 in 32 Upper Abbey Street, Dublin, to Patrick Traynor, bookseller, and his wife Maria Traynor.
Oscar Traynor was educated by at St Mary's Place, Christian Brothers school.
Oscar Traynor joined the Irish Volunteers and took part in the Easter Rising in 1916, being the leader of the Metropole Hotel garrison.
Later Oscar Traynor was promoted to command the IRA's 1st Eastern Division.
Oscar Traynor was then imprisoned for the remainder of the war.
Oscar Traynor was re-elected as one of eight members for Dublin North in the June 1927 general election but just one of six Sinn Fein TDs.
Oscar Traynor did not contest the second general election called that year but declared his support for Fianna Fail.
Oscar Traynor stood again in the 1932 general election and was elected as a Fianna Fail TD for Dublin North.
In September 1939, Oscar Traynor was appointed Minister for Defence and held the portfolio until February 1948.
Oscar Traynor served as Minister for Defence in several Fianna Fail governments and as Minister for Justice, where he was undermined by his junior minister, and later Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, before he retired in 1961.
Oscar Traynor died on 15 December 1963 in Dublin at the age of 77.
Oscar Traynor has a road named in his memory, running from the Malahide Road through Coolock to Santry in Dublin's northern suburbs.