| Eugene Mullen | |
| Office: | Teachta Dála |
| Term Start: | June 1927 |
| Term End: | September 1927 |
| Constituency: | Mayo South |
| Party: | Fianna Fáil |
| Birth Date: | 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Breaffy, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Relatives: | Thomas Mullen (brother) |
| Blank1: | Other name |
| Data1: | Father Ephraim |
Eugene Mullen (1898–1953) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, professor and priest.[1]
Mullen was born in Roemore, Breaffy, County Mayo, to national school teacher parents, Thomas and Mary Mullen.[2] A schoolteacher by profession, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo South constituency at the June 1927 general election.[3] He lost his seat at the September 1927 general election having only served 3 months as a TD.[4]
Mullen subsequently became a professor. Later, on 16 December 1938, he joined the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, assuming the name Father Ephraim.[5] [6] As a Carmelite friar, Mullen wrote the epic poem Ode to St. Patrick as well as other lyrical pieces.
His younger brother Thomas Mullen, was a TD for the Dublin County constituency from 1938 to 1943.[5]