Martin Divilly was Mayor of Galway

Mayor of Galway

The office of Mayor of Galway is an honorific title used by the of Galway City Council. The Council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative area which is the city of Galway – the largest city in the province of Connacht, in the Republic of Ireland. The office was originally established by a...

 from 1963 to 1964 and from 1970 to 1971.

Divilly used his terms of office to extend and expand Irish

Ireland

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 tourist links, particularly in the U.S.A., where he travelled extensively. He was made an honorary citizen of New Orleans and was officially received by Mayor of New York, Robert Wagner

Robert Wagner

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His first grandson, Jon Richards (Galway), now a DJ on Galway Bay FM

Galway Bay FM

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, was baptised on the opening day of Galway's New Cathedral by Cardinal Cushing of Boston

Boston

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Divilly died in August 1979.

External links

• http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/YourCouncil/HistoryofTheCityCouncil/PreviousMayors/