Terry McEniff is an

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businessman and former politician and

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from

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. His business ventures and political exploits have often featured in national publications, such as the '' Irish Independent'', '' Irish Examiner'' or ''

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''.

Business

McEniff owns the "popular" and "high profile" Mount Errigal Hotel in

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Politics

McEniff is the son of hotelier

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- who at his death in 2017 was the longest-serving councillor in Ireland, having first been elected 50 years earlier. His uncle

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- another councillor - led Donegal to their first

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title in 1992. Terry McEniff has himself served as a councillor. He was elected for

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at the 1999 Letterkenny Town Council election, coming in behind Ciaran Brogan and poll topper Seán Maloney of Labour - but ahead of

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and

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candidate Jimmy Harte. In 2002, he became Mayor of Letterkenny - less than 24 hours before his younger sister, Elizabeth McIntyre ''nee'' McEniff, became Mayor of Bundoran. He objected to the government's lack of support for

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Personal life

Married to Loretta, McEniff is the father of twins and supports Naomh Adhamhnáin.

References

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Terry Terry is a unisex given name, derived from French Thierry and Theodoric. It can also be used as a diminutive nickname for the names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence (given name), Terence or Terrier (masculine). People Male * Terry Albrit ...

Mayors of Letterkenny