Gus Healy Explained

Nationality:Irish
Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:June 1969
Term End:June 1977
Term Start1:April 1965
Term End1:June 1969
Term Start2:March 1957
Term End2:October 1961
Constituency2:Cork Borough
Office3:Senator
Term Start3:14 December 1961
Term End3:7 April 1965
Constituency3:Nominated by the Taoiseach
Birth Name:Augustine Anthony Healy
Birth Date:20 May 1904
Birth Place:Cork, Ireland
Death Place:Cork, Ireland
Party:Fianna Fáil

Augustine Anthony Healy (20 May 1904 – 10 July 1987) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A dental laboratory proprietor, Healy was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1957 general election[1] but lost his seat at the 1961 general election,[2] and was instead nominated by the Taoiseach Seán Lemass to the 10th Seanad.[1] Healy regained his Dáil seat at the 1965 general election and, later representing Cork City South-East, retained his seat until retiring at the 1977 general election.[3]

Commonly known Gus Healy,[4] he served as Lord Mayor of Cork from 1964 to 1965 and from 1975 to 1976.[5]

Healy was a keen amateur swimmer and a member of Sunday's Well Swimming Club. He continued to promote the sport during his mayoralty and the city's first suburban swimming pool, opened in Ballinlough in the 1970s,[6] was named the Gus Healy municipal swimming pool.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Augustine Healy. Oireachtas Members Database. 5 October 2008. 7 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145504/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Augustine-Healy.D.1957-03-20. live.
  2. Web site: Gus Healy. ElectionsIreland.org. 5 October 2008. 11 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070911162557/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=2640. live.
  3. Web site: Healy, Augustine (Gus) Anthony. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cronin. Maurice. 17 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Ex-mayor's family home for sale . irishexaminer.com . Irish Examiner . 19 April 2008 . 24 November 2019.
  5. Web site: Previous Mayors of Cork. Cork City Council. 11 December 2022.
  6. Web site: Upgrade of Cork's Gus Healy swimming pool 'long overdue' . Echo Live . 21 January 2024 . 2 February 2024.
  7. Web site: History. Sundays Well Swimming Club. 9 September 2012. 1 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301192226/http://www.sundayswellsc.com/History.htm. live.