Eugene Mullen
Eugene Mullen was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, professor and priest.
Mullen was born in Roemore, Breaffy, County Mayo, to national school teacher parents, Thomas and Mary. A schoolteacher by profession, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for the Mayo South constituency at the June 1927 general election. He lost his seat at the September 1927 general election having only served 3 months as a TD.
Mullen subsequently became a professor. Later, on 16 December 1938, he joined the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, assuming the name Father Ephraim. As a Carmelite monk, Mullen wrote the epic poem Ode to St. Patrick as well as other lyrical pieces.
He was a younger brother to Thomas Mullen, who was a TD for the Dublin County constituency from 1938 to 1943.
