What is Hugh Conaghan?
'''Hugh Conaghan''' (6 May 1926 – March 2020) was an Irish [[Fianna Fáil]] politician. He was elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] as Fianna Fáil [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Donegal (Dáil constituency)|Donegal]] constituency at the [[1977 Irish general election|1977 general election]].<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{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}}</ref> He was a losing candidate at the [[1976 Donegal North-East by-election|Donegal North-East by-election]] on 10 June 1976. He was elected at the [[1981 Irish general election|1981 general election]] for the [[Donegal North-East (Dáil constituency)|Donegal North-East]] constituency and was re-elected for this constituency until he lost his seat at the [[1989 Irish general election|1989 general election]].<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3108|title=Hugh Conaghan|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=5 April 2009}}</ref> He was a losing candidate at the [[1992 Irish general election|1992 general election]].<ref name=elecs_irl/> Conaghan died in March 2020, aged 93.<ref>{{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}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Conaghan, Hugh}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Irish politicians]] {{bio-stub}}