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 14 December 1961 – 7 April 1965
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born	Augustine Anthony Healy (1904-05-20)20 May 1904 Cork, Ireland
Died	10 July 1987(1987-07-10) (aged 83) Cork, Ireland
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]

References

1. "Augustine Healy". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
2. "Gus Healy". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
3. Cronin, Maurice. "Healy, Augustine (Gus) Anthony". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
4. "Ex-mayor's family home for sale". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
5. "Previous Mayors of Cork". Cork City Council. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
6. "Upgrade of Cork's Gus Healy swimming pool 'long overdue'". Echo Live. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
7. "History". Sundays Well Swimming Club. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. 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