What is recorded here
Haughey and Finola may have crossed paths in Castlebar before either name became national, but no public record preserves that meeting. The town gave Haughey his birth and regional voice; it gave Finola a possible witness to the young man becoming the politician. Memory, not fact, must hold the rest.
Why this person is known: 7th Taoiseach from 1979 to 1981; 1982; 1987 to 1992
- Birthplace
- Castlebar
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