Career
Moynihan began his civil service career working in the Department of Finance in 1925, and his talent was quickly recognized by Finance Minister Ernest Blythe. He was promoted to become Private Secretary to the Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Éamon de Valera in 1932. He was appointed Secretary of the Department of the Taoiseach, and Secretary to the Government in 1937, in which post he served until 1960. In 1960 he was appointed as Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, having been a Service Director thereof from 1953 to 1960. He was one of the “architects” of the 1937 Constitution of Ireland.
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