- Fintan Coogan, Snr
Fintan Coogan (13 April 1910cite web |url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=15&MemberID=222&ConstID=108 |title=Fintan (Senior) Coogan |work=Oireachtas Members Database |accessdate=2008-02-15] – 4 November 1984cite web |url=http://www.whb.ie/TheBoard/HistoryoftheBoard-1970to2000/file,473,en.PDF |title=Providing Health services for 30 Years |work=Western Health Board |accessdate=2008-02-15] ) was a
Fine Gael politician fromGalway inIreland . A blacksmith before entering politics, he was aTeachta Dála (TD) for over twenty years, and served three times asMayor of Galway .Coogan unsuccessfully contested the 1951 general election in 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.cite web |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=6543 |title=Fintan Coogan |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=2008-02-15]A long-serving member of both
Galway County Council andGalway City Council , Coogan served as mayor ofGalway city from 1961 to 1962, 1969 to 1970 and 1974 to 1975.cite web |url=http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/YourCouncil/MayorofGalwayCity/ |title=Mayor of Galway City |publisher=Galway City Council |accessdate=2008-02-15] He was a member of theWestern Health Board from 1979 until his death, when he was succeeded on the board by his sonFintan Coogan, Jnr , who was then both a TD and a county councillor, and also served several terms as Mayor of Galway.References
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Families in the Oireachtas
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