Fintan Coogan Snr

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.

Fintan Coogan Snr
Teachta Dála
In office May 1954 – June 1977
Constituency	Galway West
Personal details
Born	(1910-04-13)13 April 1910 County Galway, Ireland
Died	4 November 1984(1984-11-04) (aged 74) County Galway, Ireland
Party	Fine Gael
Children	Fintan Coogan Jnr

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]

See also

• Families in the Oireachtas