Mícheál Mac Donncha
Mícheál Mac Donncha | |
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| Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
| In office 5 June 2017 – 6 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Brendan Carr |
| Succeeded by | Nial Ring |
| Dublin City Councillor | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2011 | |
| Constituency | Donaghmede |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mícheál Mac Donncha 23 August 1967 Donaghmede, Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Mícheál Mac Donncha (born 23 August 1967) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2017 to 2018. He has been a Dublin City Councillor since 2014.[1]
He was co-opted onto Dublin City Council in 2011, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Killian Forde. He was elected in 2014 for the Beaumont-Donaghmede local electoral area.[2] He contested the 2016 general election as a Sinn Féin candidate in the Dublin Bay North constituency, one of two party candidates, his running mate Denise Mitchell being elected.
He was editor of An Phoblacht from 1990 to 1996.[1] From 1997 to 2014, he served as Parliamentary Assistant to Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and for much of that time was manager of the Sinn Féin Oireachtas team. He is the author of a centenary history of Sinn Féin 'A Century of Struggle' (2005).
Mac Donncha as a child actor played a young version of the actor Marty Feldman in the 1976 film The Last Remake of Beau Geste.[3]
References
- ^ a b "This man is the new Lord Mayor of Dublin city". TheJournal.ie. 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Micheál MacDonncha". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ Burns, John (15 April 2018). "Feldman had eyes on lord mayor as film star". The Times. Retrieved 27 April 2018 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.