Gus Healy | |
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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 14 December 1961 – 7 April 1965 | |
Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
Personal details | |
Born | Augustine Anthony Healy 20 May 1904 Cork, Ireland |
Died | 10 July 1987 Cork, Ireland | (aged 83)
Political party | Fianna 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]