Gus Healy

Gus Healy
Gus Healy
Teachta Dála
	In office; June 1969 – June 1977
Constituency	Cork City South-East
	In office; April 1965 – June 1969
	In office; March 1957 – October 1961
Constituency	Cork Borough
Senator
	In office; December 1961 – April 1965
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born	Augustine A. Healy; 20 May 1904; Cork, Ireland
Died	10 July 1987 (aged 83); Cork, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fianna Fáil

Augustine A. Healy (20 May 1904 – 10 July 1987) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A dental laboratory proprietor, Healy was first 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.

Commonly known Gus Healy,^[3] he served as Lord Mayor of Cork from 1964 to 1965 and from 1975 to 1976.^{[citation needed]}

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 in the 1970s the city's first suburban swimming pool at Douglas was named the Gus Healy municipal swimming pool.^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Augustine Healy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
^ "Gus Healy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
^ "Ex-mayor's family home for sale". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^ "History". Sundays Well Swimming Club. Retrieved 9 September 2012.

Civic offices
Preceded by Seán McCarthy	Lord Mayor of Cork 1964–1965	Succeeded by Cornelius Desmond
Preceded by Pearse Wyse	Lord Mayor of Cork 1975–1976	Succeeded by Seán French

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[oireachtas_db-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Augustine Healy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 October 2008.

[elecs_irl-2] "Gus Healy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 October 2008.

[3] "Ex-mayor's family home for sale". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[4] "History". Sundays Well Swimming Club. Retrieved 9 September 2012.

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Administrative Panel	Liam Ahern (FF) Seán Brady (FF) Cornelius Desmond (Lab) Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (FG) Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Gerry L'Estrange (FG) Thomas Ruane (FF)
Agricultural Panel	Jack Fitzgerald (Lab) Daniel Hogan (FF) Robert Lahiffe (FF) John Mannion Snr (FG) Charles McDonald (FG) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) Micheál Prendergast (FG) Patrick W. Ryan (Ind) William Ryan (FF) John Donnelly Sheridan (Ind)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Michael Hayes (FG) Eamonn Kissane (FF) Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) John J. Nash (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Gerald Boland (FF) Mary Davidson (Lab) Thomas Flanagan (Ind) Patrick Lindsay (FG) Bernard McGlinchey (FF) Edward McGuire (Ind) Daniel Moloney (FF) Joseph Quigley (FG) Eoin Ryan Snr (FF)
Labour Panel	Seán Brosnahan (Ind) Seán Browne (FF) John Butler (Lab) Victor Carton (FG) Patrick Crowley (Lab) James Dooge (FG) Joseph Farrell (FF) Seán Hayes (FF) Mark Killilea Snr (FF) Dominick Murphy (Lab) Michael Yeats (FF)
National University of Ireland	Dónall Ó Conalláin (Ind) George O'Brien (Ind) Patrick Quinlan (Ind)
University of Dublin	William J. E. Jessop (Ind) John N. Ross (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	John J. Brennan (FF) John Copeland Cole (Ind) Gus Healy (FF) Joe Mooney (FF) Thomas Mullins (FF) Tom Nolan (FF) Nora Connolly O'Brien (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) William Sheldon (Ind)
Elected or nominated later	1963 John Costelloe (FF) Batt Donegan (FF) 1964 Kit Ahern (FF)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

Gus Healy

Teachta Dála
In office June 1969 – June 1977
Constituency	Cork City South-East
In office April 1965 – June 1969
In office March 1957 – October 1961
Constituency	Cork Borough
Senator
In office December 1961 – April 1965
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach

Personal details
Born	Augustine A. Healy (1904-05-20)20 May 1904 Cork, Ireland
Died	10 July 1987(1987-07-10) (aged 83) Cork, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fianna Fáil