Hugh Conaghan

{{Short description|Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1926–2020)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Hugh Conaghan

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| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = June 1981

| term_end = June 1989

| constituency = Donegal North-East

| term_start1 = June 1977

| term_end1 = June 1981

| constituency1 = Donegal

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|5|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = County Donegal, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|03|24|1926|5|6|df=y}}

| death_place = County Donegal, Ireland

| party = Fianna Fáil

| nationality = Irish

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Hugh Conaghan (6 May 1926 – 24 March 2020) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and transport official. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the Donegal North-East by-election on 10 June 1976.

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency at the 1977 general election.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Hugh-Conaghan.D.1977-07-05/|title=Hugh Conaghan|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=5 April 2009}} He was elected at the 1981 general election for the Donegal North-East constituency and was re-elected for this constituency until he lost his seat at the 1989 general election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3108|title=Hugh Conaghan|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=5 April 2009}} He lost his seat to party colleague Jim McDaid.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/minister-for-fun-finds-success-the-best-medicine-1.192524|title=Minister for Fun finds success the best medicine|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=5 June 1999|access-date=5 December 2019}} He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1992 general election.

Hugh Conaghan died on 24 March 2020.{{Cite news|url=https://www.highlandradio.com/2020/03/25/former-donegal-td-hugh-conaghan-dies-aged-93/|title=Former Donegal TD Hugh Conaghan dies aged 93|publisher=Highland Radio|date=25 March 2020|access-date=25 March 2020}}