Michéal Ó hUiginn

Biography:

Michéal Ó hUiginn was the Mayor of Galway on three separate occasions: from 1972–1973 1979–1980 and 1995–1996. Ó hUiginn's family were based on Father Griffin Road on the west bank of the Corrib. He was the eldest of five children and graduated from Galway University with a B. Comm. in 1963. The following year his father died and Ó hUiginn took over the family building business.