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{{Short description|Mayor of Galway}}
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'''Martin Divilly''' (died August 1979) was [[Mayor of Galway]] from 1963 to 1964 and from 1970 to 1971.

Divilly used his terms of office to extend and expand [[Ireland|Irish]] tourist links, particularly in the U.S., where he travelled extensively. He was made an [[honorary citizen]] of [[New Orleans]] and was officially received by [[Mayor of New York]], [[Robert Wagner]].{{fact|date=June 2020}}

His first grandson, Jon Richards, now a [[DJ]] on [[Galway Bay FM]], was baptised on the opening day of Galway's New Cathedral by [[Cardinal Cushing]] of [[Boston]].{{fact|date=June 2020}}

Divilly died in August 1979.{{fact|date=June 2020}}

==References==
* ''Role of Honour:The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001'', William Henry, Galway 2001.

==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071119083053/http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/YourCouncil/HistoryofTheCityCouncil/PreviousMayors/

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       |years  = 1963–1964}}
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{{s-bef|before = [[Fintan Coogan Snr]]}}
{{s-ttl|title  = [[Mayor of Galway]]
       |years  = 1970–1971}}
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