Mary Freehill
Mary Freehill | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Freehill in 2015 | |
| Dublin City Councillor | |
| In office 1977–2024 | |
| Constituency | Kimmage–Rathmines |
| Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
| In office July 1999 – July 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Doyle |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Ahern |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 July 1946 Ballyconnell, County Cavan, Ireland |
| Political party | Labour Party |
Mary Freehill (born 22 July 1946) is a former Dublin City Councillor, who served as the Lord Mayor of Dublin during the Millennium year from 5 July 1999 to 3 July 2000.[1][2][3] She was a Labour Party councillor on Dublin City Council from 1977 to 2024.[4]
Freehill was born and went to school in the town of Ballyconnell, County Cavan. Her parents were Bernard Freehill, a building contractor and Kathleen Freehill (nee Donohoe) of Daisy Hill, Ballyconnell. She is a second cousin of Vin Scully, the former long-time play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.[5]
Freehill was elected to the city council in 1977 to 1985 for Pembroke electoral area and was re-elected for Rathmines electoral area in 1991. She was re-elected at each subsequent local election (1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019) for the same area. She was an unsuccessful Labour Party candidate for Dublin South-East at the 1977 and 1981 general elections, and for Dublin Central at the 1987 general election.[6]
As Lord Mayor of Dublin City, she awarded the Freedom of the City to Nobel Peace Prize winner and Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and also to the band U2.[7]
Freehill did not contest the 2024 Dublin City Council election.[8]
References
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- ^ "Mary to be city's fourth female Mayor". independent. 20 June 1999. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Byrne, Alderman Alfred". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u235369. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2020. (subscription required)
- ^ Seamus Enright (11 September 2016). "Inside Story: Vin's last innings". Anglo Celt. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Mary Freehill". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Details of Aung San Suu Kyi public event on Monday night". www.dublincity.ie. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Finnerty, Mike (20 March 2024). "ANYTHING GOES IN KIMMAGE-RATHMINES". Dublin People. Retrieved 6 April 2024.