Editing Seán Lemass (section)

===Retirement===
In 1966, [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. Éamon de Valera came within 1% of defeat in [[1966 Irish presidential election|that year's Irish presidential election]], less than two months after the celebrations in which he played such a central part. On 10 November 1966, Lemass announced to the [[Dáil]] his decision to retire as [[Fianna Fáil]] leader and [[Taoiseach]] with his usual penchant for efficiency, "I have resigned". Lemass retired to the backbenches and remained a TD until 1969.<ref name=dib/>

On the day of Lemass's retirement, [[Jack Lynch]] became the new leader and became the Taoiseach.<ref name=dib/>