Mary Freehill was the 329th Lord Mayor of Dublin

Lord Mayor of Dublin

The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the honorific title of the Chairman of Dublin City Council which is the local government body for the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The incumbent is Labour Party Councillor Andrew Montague. The office holder is elected annually by the members of the...

. She served during the Millennium Year from 5 July 1999 to 3 July 2000. She is the Labour Party Councillor for Rathmines Pembroke Ward on Dublin City Council. She represents the areas of Rathmines, Rathgar, Terenure, Harold's Cross, Ranelagh, Milltown, Donnybrook Ballsbridge and Sandymount.

Councillor Freehill was born and went to school in the town of Ballyconnell

Ballyconnell

Ballyconnell is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. It is situated on the N87 national secondary road at the junction of four townlands Annagh, Cullyleenan, Doon and Derryginny in the parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw. The town has an altitude of 55 metres above sea level...

, County Cavan. Her parents were Bernard Freehill, a building contractor & Kathleen Freehill (Nee Donohoe) of Daisy Hill, Ballyconnell.

Mary entered the City Council in 1977 to 1985 for Pembroke Ward and was re-elected for Rathmines Ward in 1991. As Lord Mayor of Dublin City, she awarded the Freedom of the City to Nobel Peace Prize winner and Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi, AC is a Burmese opposition politician and the General Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, her National League for Democracy party won 59% of the national votes and 81% of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained...

 and also to the rock band U2

U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

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