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Gus Healy

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Gus Healy
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1969 – June 1977
ConstituencyCork City South-East
In office
April 1965 – June 1969
In office
March 1957 – October 1961
ConstituencyCork Borough
Senator
In office
14 December 1961 – 7 April 1965
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born
Augustine Anthony Healy

(1904-05-20)20 May 1904
Cork, Ireland
Died10 July 1987(1987-07-10) (aged 83)
Cork, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouse
Rita McGrath
(m. 1957)

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Augustine Healy". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Gus Healy". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  3. ^ Cronin, Maurice. "Healy, Augustine (Gus) Anthony". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Ex-mayor's family home for sale". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Previous Mayors of Cork". Cork City Council. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Upgrade of Cork's Gus Healy swimming pool 'long overdue'". Echo Live. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  7. ^ "History". Sundays Well Swimming Club. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
Civic offices
Preceded by Lord Mayor of Cork
1964–1965
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Mayor of Cork
1975–1976
Succeeded by