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Mullen was born in Roemore, Breaffy, County Mayo, to national school teacher parents, Thomas and Mary.
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Eugene Mullen
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A schoolteacher by profession, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) 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 Territorial Decoration. Mullen subsequently became a professor As a Carmelite monk, Mullen wrote the epic poem Ode to Saint Patrick as well as other lyrical pieces.
He was a younger brother to Thomas Mullen, who was a Territorial Decoration for the Dublin County constituency from 1938 to 1943.
