Jimmy McClearn
Irish mayor
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Jimmy McClearn is an Irish politician serving as a Galway County Councillor and the former Mayor of County Galway from 2010-2011.
A native of Killimor, McClern is a member of Fine Gael. He defeated Sinn Féin’s Dermot Connolly for the position of Mayor in January 2010, having been proposed by Jarlath McDonagh and Seconded by fellow Loughrea Area Councillor Moggie Maher. A previous County Mayor, Eddie Haverty, was also a native of Killimor.
McClearn served on the county council from 1991 to 2004, and again from 2009, for the Loughrea area. He is married to Noreen and has three children.