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Michael Dalgan Lyons -LRB- 1 November 1910 -- 19 November 1991 -RRB- was an Irish Fine Gael politician from Ballyhaunis , County Mayo .. Fine Gael. Fine Gael. Ballyhaunis. Ballyhaunis. County Mayo. County Mayo. A farmer and former employee of the Irish Sugar Company , he stood unsuccessfully as a Fine Gael candidate for Dail Eireann in the Mayo South constituency at three successive general elections -LRB- 1954 , 1957 , and 1961 -RRB- before finally winning the seat at the 1965 general election to the 18th Dail .. Fine Gael. Fine Gael. Irish Sugar Company. Irish Sugar Company. Dail Eireann. Dail Eireann. Mayo South. Mayo South ( Dail Eireann constituency ). Irish general election, 1954. Irish general election, 1957. Irish general election, 1961. 1965 general election. Irish general election, 1965. 18th Dail. 18th Dail. He served only one term in the Dail , losing his seat at the 1969 general election .. 1969 general election. Irish general election, 1969. Lyons did not stand for the Dail again , but after his 1969 defeat he was elected to the 12th Seanad on the Oireachtas sub-panel of the Labour Panel .. 12th Seanad. 12th Seanad. Labour Panel. Labour Panel. He was re-elected in 1973 to the 13th Seanad and in 1977 to the 14th Seanad , but did not contest the 1981 Seanad election .. 13th Seanad. 13th Seanad. 14th Seanad. 14th Seanad