John Dennehy

John Dennehy
Teachta Dála
In office June 1997 – May 2007
In office February 1987 – November 1992
Constituency	Cork South-Central
Personal details
Born	(1940-03-22) 22 March 1940 (age 84) Cork, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil

John Dennehy (born 22 March 1940) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency.^[1]

Early life

Dennehy was educated at Sharman Crawford Technical Institute and Cork College of Commerce. A fitter by trade, Dennehy spent most of his working life with Irish Steel in Haulbowline until he went full-time into politics.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Dennehy was elected to Cork City Council for the South–West area in 1974 and subsequently re-elected at every election until he resigned from the council in 2003 due to the dual mandate rule. He was Lord Mayor of Cork from 1983 to 1984.^[2]

He stood unsuccessfully at the 1977 general election for the Cork Mid constituency, and in 1979 he was narrowly defeated in a by-election for the Cork City constituency by Fine Gael's Liam Burke in one of a string of by-election defeats for the Fianna Fáil government.^[2]

Dennehy was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1987 general election but lost his seat to party colleague Batt O'Keeffe at the 1992 general election. He regained his seat at the 1997 general election and narrowly held it by 6 votes against a challenge from Kathy Sinnott at the 2002 general election. He lost his seat at the 2007 general election.^[3]

References

1. "John Dennehy". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
2. "Previous Mayors of Cork". Cork City Council. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
3. "John Dennehy". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2010.

Civic offices
Preceded by Hugh Coveney	Lord Mayor of Cork 1983–1984	Succeeded by Liam Burke