About Pat McNamara
Lived 1938 – 2016 (aged 77–78). Pat McNamara was a politician.
Pat McNamara (1938 – 19 October 2016) was an Irish politician who served as the mayor of Galway from 1982 to 1983.
Background A native of the Claddagh, McNamara worked for Connacht Mineral Company and played with Galway Rovers and Galway Town.
McNamara was elected to Galway Corporation in 1973 and was to spend the next seventeen years in politics. Elected Mayor in 1982, he visited one of the town's twins, Lorient, and Boston and Derry. He conferred the Freedom of Galway upon Paulo Evaristo Arns, the Archbishop of São Paulo.
McNamara died on 19 October 2016.
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Irish politician
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Pat McNamara was born in 1938 in The Claddagh.
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Pat McNamara died on 19 October 2016.
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Pat McNamara was a politician.
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· DBpedia: Pat McNamara (Irish politician)
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