Fintan Coogan Snr Explained

Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:May 1954
Term End:June 1977
Constituency:Galway West
Birth Date:13 April 1910
Birth Place:County Galway, Ireland
Death Place:County Galway, Ireland
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]

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  1. Web site: Providing Health services for 30 Years . Western Health Board. 15 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20071119034823/http://www.whb.ie/TheBoard/HistoryoftheBoard-1970to2000/file,473,en.PDF. 19 November 2007.
  2. Web site: Fintan Coogan. Oireachtas Members Database. 18 May 1977. 15 February 2008. 8 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181108144506/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Fintan-Coogan.D.1954-06-02. live.
  3. Web site: Fintan Coogan. ElectionsIreland.org. 15 February 2008. 19 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070919021940/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=6543. live.
  4. Web site: Mayors of Galway. Galway City Council. 15 February 2008. 19 November 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071119083053/http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/YourCouncil/HistoryofTheCityCouncil/PreviousMayors/. live.