What is Séan T. O'Kelly?
{{Infobox President | name = Seán Tomás Ó Ceallaigh | smallimage = O Ceallaigh.jpg | order = 2nd | office = President of Ireland | termstart = 25 June 1945 | termend = 24 June 1959 | preceded = [[Douglas Hyde|Dubhghlas de hÍde]] | succeeded = [[Éamon de Valera]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1882|8|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] | death_date = November 23, 1966 (aged&nbsp;84) | death_place = Dublin, [[Republic of Ireland]] | party = [[Fianna Fáil]] | spouse = (1) [[Mary Kate Ryan]] (d)<br>(2) [[Phyllis O'Kelly]] | profession = politician }} '''Seán Thomas O'Kelly''' ({{lang-ga|Seán Tomás Ó Ceallaigh}}; 25 August 1882 – 23 November 1966) was the second [[President of Ireland]] from 1945 to 1959. He was a member of [[Dáil Éireann]] from 1918 until he became President. In the [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]] he was Minister for Local Government (1932–1939) and Minister for Finance (1939–1945). O'Kelly was [[Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|Vice-President of the Executive Council]] from 1932 until 1937 and was the first [[Tánaiste]] of Éire from 1937 until 1945. ==Early life== O'Kelly was born in [[Dublin]] on Capel Street in the north inner-city [[Dublin]]. He joined the [[National Library of Ireland]] in 1898 as a junior assistant. The same year, he joined the [[Gaelic League]], becoming a member of the governing body in 1910 and General Secretary in 1915. ==Sinn Féin== In 1905 O'Kelly joined [[Sinn Féin]]. Sinn Féin then wanted a [[dual-monarchy]]. He was an honorary secretary of the party from 1908 until 1925. In 1906 he was elected to [[Dublin Corporation]], which was Dublin's city council. He stayed until 1924. [[Pádraig Pearse]] made O'Kelly his helper when Pearse was getting ready for the [[Easter Rising]]. After the Easter Rising in 1916, O'Kelly was put in jail, released, and put in jail again. He escaped from jail in Fairfield in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], and came back to Ireland. ==MP in