death_date children nationality blankname birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place profession term_start spouse namedata image name predecessor birth_place party office successor religion article_title
5 january 1976 4 sons , 1 daughter irish tánaiste tánaiste 20 june 1891 20 march 1957 13 june 1951 university college dublin king 's inn dublin , ireland barrister 2 june 1954 18 february 1948 ida mary o'malley william norton william norton johnacostello.jpg john a. costello Éamon de valera Éamon de valera dublin , ireland fine gael taoiseach Éamon de valera Éamon de valera roman catholicism john a. costello

john a. costello

`` for other persons named john costello , see john costello -lrb- disambiguation -rrb- '' john aloysius costello -lrb- , 20 june 1891 -- 5 january 1976 -rrb- , a successful barrister , was one of the main legal advisors to the government of the irish free state after independence , attorney general of ireland from 1926 to 1932 and taoiseach from 1948 to 1951 and 1954 to 1957 .
