Hugh Gibbons

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Dr. Hugh Gibbons (July 6, 1916 – November 13, 2007) was a Irish Fianna Fáil party politician who sat in Dáil Éireann as a TD for twelve years, from 1965–1977.

A medical doctor before entering politics, Gibbons was elected on his first attempt, when he stood as a Fianna Fáil candidate in the Roscommon constituency at the 1965 general election. After constituency changes under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, he was re-elected at the 1969 general election in the new Roscommon-Leitrim constituency. He was returned to the Dáil again at the 1973 election, but did not contest the 1977 general election and retired from politics.

Gibbons was also holder of three All Ireland Medals while playing for Roscommon in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football and Junior Club Football Championships. In 1940 he played with the county junior team, which won the All Ireland junior title that year. He then played for the county team which won the All Ireland senior titles in 1943 and 1944. On his death, he was described by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern as a 'Sportsman and a Scholar'. ^[1]

His son, Dr. Brian Gibbons is the Labour Party Welsh Assembly Member for Aberavon (since May 1999) and is currently a Welsh Assembly Government Minister.