Fintan Coogan Snr

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| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = May 1954

| term_end = June 1977

| constituency = Galway West

| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|4|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = County Galway, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|11|4|1910|4|13|df=y}}

| death_place = County Galway, Ireland

| nationality = Irish

| party = Fine Gael

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| children = Fintan Coogan Jnr

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Fintan Coogan (13 April 1910 – 4 November 1984) was an Irish Fine Gael politician.{{cite web |url=http://www.whb.ie/TheBoard/HistoryoftheBoard-1970to2000/file,473,en.PDF|title=Providing Health services for 30 Years |work=Western Health Board|access-date=15 February 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119034823/http://www.whb.ie/TheBoard/HistoryoftheBoard-1970to2000/file,473,en.PDF|archivedate=19 November 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Fintan-Coogan.D.1954-06-02/|title=Fintan Coogan|work=Oireachtas Members Database|date=18 May 1977|access-date=15 February 2008|archive-date=8 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108144506/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Fintan-Coogan.D.1954-06-02|url-status=live}} A blacksmith before entering politics, he was a Teachta Dála (TD) for over twenty years, and served three times as Mayor of Galway.

Coogan unsuccessfully contested the 1951 general election in the Galway West constituency, but won a seat in Dáil Éireann at the 1954 general election. He was re-elected five times until his defeat at the 1977 general election by his party colleague John Mannion.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=6543|title=Fintan Coogan|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=15 February 2008|archive-date=19 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919021940/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=6543|url-status=live}}

A long-serving member of both Galway County Council and Galway City Council, Coogan served as mayor of Galway city from 1961 to 1962, 1969 to 1970 and 1974 to 1975.{{cite web|url=http://www.galwaycity.ie//AllServices/YourCouncil/HistoryofTheCityCouncil/PreviousMayors/|title=Mayors of Galway|publisher=Galway City Council|access-date=15 February 2008|archive-date=19 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119083053/http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/YourCouncil/HistoryofTheCityCouncil/PreviousMayors/|url-status=live}} He was a member of the Western Health Board from 1979 until his death, when he was succeeded on the board by his son Fintan Coogan Jnr, who was then both a TD and a county councillor, and also served several terms as Mayor of Galway.