Maurice Gerard Moynihan, (14 December 1902 – 21 August 1999) was an Irish economist and civil servant who served as the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland from 1960 to 1969.

[1] He was also a co-drafter of the 1937 Constitution of Ireland, Secretary of the Government of the Irish Free State in 1937 and Knight Commander of the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1959.

Moynihan began his civil service career working in the Department of Fiance in 1925, and his talent was quickly recognised by Minister for Finance Ernest Blythe.

He was conferred with an honorary Doctorate in Economic Science by the National University of Ireland in 1955, and was invested as a Knight Commander of the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1959.

On his death, he was acknowledged by Mary McAleese, the then President of Ireland, as having served his country "with great distinction and integrity, employing the finest qualities in the public service".