Brendan Holland was Mayor of Galway

Mayor of Galway

The office of Mayor of Galway is an honorific title used by the of Galway City Council. The Council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative area which is the city of Galway – the largest city in the province of Connacht, in the Republic of Ireland. The office was originally established by a...

 from 1965 to 1967.

Born in Birr

Birr

Birr is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. Once called Parsonstown, after the Parsons family who were local landowners and hereditary Earls of Rosse. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe....

, County Offaly

County Offaly

County Offaly is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe and was formerly known as King's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. Offaly County Council is...

, Holland's father, Patrick Joseph, was from Craughwell

Craughwell

Craughwell is a village and townland in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. The name is also used as a surname, properly Ó Creachmhaoil, though often anglicised as Craughwell and Crockwell...

, County Galway

County Galway

County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

. The family moved to Galway in 1932. He was first elected to the Corporation in 1960.

In his first term, he oversaw the opening of the Cathderal of Our Lady Assumed Into Heaven and Saint Nicholas, officially opened by Cardinal Cushing of New York. Mayor Holland's son, Brendan, was the first child to be baptised in the Cathedral, the ceremony being carried out by Cushing. He bestowed the Freedom of Galway on Cushing and Cardinal Conway.

During his terms, the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising was commemorated, the English Rose III landed at Kilronan

Kilronan

Cill Rónáin is the main settlement on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. The ferries serving the island call at Doolin, County Clare and also Rossaveal, County Galway. The main industries are fishing and tourism. School children also visit to improve their Irish at...

, and the railway station was renamed in honor of Éamonn Ceannt

Éamonn Ceannt

Éamonn Ceannt , born Edward Thomas Kent, was an Irish republican, mostly known for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916.-Background:...

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External links

• http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/YourCouncil/HistoryofTheCityCouncil/PreviousMayors/