Valentine Jago Explained

Office:Senator
Term Start:27 October 1977
Term End:8 October 1981
Constituency:Nominated by the Taoiseach
Birth Place:Cork, Ireland
Death Place:Cork, Ireland

Richard Valentine Jago (1913 – 2 November 1983) was a politician and businessman in Cork city in Ireland. He was Secretary of the Cork Methodist Association in 1940,[1] Lord Mayor of Cork from 1957 to 1958 when a member of the Cork Civic Party,[2] and chairman of the Cork Chamber of commerce from 1964 to 1965.[3]

After the Civic Party's dissolution in 1966 he joined Fianna Fáil and was nominated to the Seanad by the Taoiseach after the 1977 general election,[4] serving until 1981. He was an unsuccessful Fianna Fáil candidate at the November 1982 general election for the Cork South-Central constituency.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Guy's City and County Cork Almanac and Directory. 1940. 87. Methodist Churches.
  2. Book: Bhreatnach, Aoife. Becoming conspicuous: Irish travellers, society and the state, 1922-70. 19 December 2013. 2006. University College Dublin Press. 9781904558613. 55.
  3. Web site: Past Presidents. Cork Chamber. 19 December 2013.
  4. Web site: Valentine Jago. Oireachtas Members Database. 19 December 2013.
  5. Web site: Valentine Jago. ElectionsIreland.org. 19 December 2013.