Declan McDonnell (born 1948) is an

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, having previously been a member of the

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. He was elected in June 2009 as

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, He had held the office from 1999 to 2000.

Biography

He was born in 1948 in

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, and is the sixth most populous city on ...

to Paddy McDonnell of Moore Street,

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; and Kay Kelly of

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. He was the eldest of four children. His parents had moved to Galway in 1846. He is by profession an accountant and a management consultant of over forty years experience. He married Mary Long of Mervue in 1972 and their children are Jeannette, Noel, Marie, Brian. During his first term as Mayor he travelled across the world representing Galway on trade missions. One of his first functions as Mayor was attending the launch of the journal of the

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; he was instrumental in the preservation of the Ballybane Mor ringfort.

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