Fintan Coogan Snr
Irish Fine Gael politician (1910–1984)
Fintan Coogan Snr | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
| In office May 1954 – June 1977 | |
| Constituency | Galway West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1910-04-13)13 April 1910 County Galway, Ireland |
| Died | 4 November 1984(1984-11-04) (aged 74) County Galway, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Children | Fintan Coogan Jnr |
Fintan Coogan (13 April 1910 – 4 November 1984) was an Irish Fine Gael politician.[1][2] A blacksmith before entering politics, he was a Teachta Dála (TD) for over twenty years, and served three times as Mayor of Galway.
Coogan unsuccessfully contested the 1951 general election in the Galway West constituency, but won a seat in Dáil Éireann at the 1954 general election. He was re-elected five times until his defeat at the 1977 general election by his party colleague John Mannion.[3]
A long-serving member of both Galway County Council and Galway City Council, Coogan served as mayor of Galway city from 1961 to 1962, 1969 to 1970 and 1974 to 1975.[4] He was a member of the Western Health Board from 1979 until his death, when he was succeeded on the board by his son Fintan Coogan Jnr, who was then both a TD and a county councillor, and also served several terms as Mayor of Galway.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Providing Health services for 30 Years" (PDF). Western Health Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
- ^ "Fintan Coogan". Oireachtas Members Database. 18 May 1977. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
- ^ "Fintan Coogan". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 19 September 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
- ^ "Mayors of Galway". Galway City Council. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
Sources
- Henry, William (2002). Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001. Galway: Galway City Council. OCLC 51023721 ASIN B003NECRYW
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Galway 1961–1962 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Mayor of Galway 1969–1970 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Patrick O'Flaherty | Mayor of Galway 1974–1975 | Succeeded by Mary Byrne |
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Galway West constituency
This table is transcluded from Galway West (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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| 9th | 1937 | Gerald Bartley (FF) | Seán Tubridy (FF) | Joseph Mongan (FG) | 3 seats 1937–1977 | ||||||
| 10th | 1938 | ||||||||||
| 1940 by-election | John J. Keane (FF) | ||||||||||
| 11th | 1943 | Eamon Corbett (FF) | |||||||||
| 12th | 1944 | Michael Lydon (FF) | |||||||||
| 13th | 1948 | ||||||||||
| 14th | 1951 | Peadar Duignan (FF) | John Mannion Snr (FG) | ||||||||
| 15th | 1954 | Johnny Geoghegan (FF) | Fintan Coogan Snr (FG) | ||||||||
| 16th | 1957 | ||||||||||
| 17th | 1961 | ||||||||||
| 18th | 1965 | Bobby Molloy (FF) | |||||||||
| 19th | 1969 | ||||||||||
| 20th | 1973 | ||||||||||
| 1975 by-election | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (FF) | ||||||||||
| 21st | 1977 | Bill Loughnane (FF) | John Mannion Jnr (FG) | 4 seats 1977–1981 | |||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Mark Killilea Jnr (FF) | John Donnellan (FG) | Michael D. Higgins (Lab) | |||||||
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb) | Frank Fahey (FF) | |||||||||
| 24th | 1982 (Nov) | Fintan Coogan Jnr (FG) | |||||||||
| 25th | 1987 | Bobby Molloy (PDs) | Michael D. Higgins (Lab) | ||||||||
| 26th | 1989 | Pádraic McCormack (FG) | |||||||||
| 27th | 1992 | Éamon Ó Cuív (FF) | |||||||||
| 28th | 1997 | Frank Fahey (FF) | |||||||||
| 29th | 2002 | Noel Grealish (PDs) | |||||||||
| 30th | 2007 | ||||||||||
| 31st | 2011 | Noel Grealish (Ind) | Seán Kyne (FG) | Brian Walsh (FG) | Derek Nolan (Lab) | ||||||
| 32nd | 2016 | Hildegarde Naughton (FG) | Catherine Connolly (Ind) | ||||||||
| 33rd | 2020 | Mairéad Farrell (SF) | |||||||||
