Richard Valentine Jago (1913 – 2 November 1983)
[ was a politician and businessman in ]Cork city
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in Ireland
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. He was Secretary of the Cork Methodist
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Association in 1940, Lord Mayor of Cork
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from 1957 to 1958 when a member of the Cork Civic Party,Fianna Fáil
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and was nominated to the Seanad by the Taoiseach after the 1977 general election,
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1913 births
1983 deaths
Members of Cork City Council
Lord Mayors of Cork
Members of the 14th Seanad
Irish Methodists
Fianna Fáil senators
Nominated members of Seanad Éireann
Cork Civic Party politicians