Healy, Sean (1926-)--DB5072
Biographical Notes
Date of birth and date of death
1926-
Maiden name, place of origin
Kilmichael, West Cork
Marital status, religious denomination, children
Social background, family connections
Son of a farmer in West Cork; Grandson of a Cork Farmers' Union chairman
Education, occupation and public functions
Education
Farronfore secondary school West Cork
Occupation
National Farmers' Association/Irish Farmers' Association: First general secretary 1958-1985, secretary 1955-1958; Macra na Feirme: General secretary 1952-1955, assistant secretary 1951-52, national organiser 1949-1951; Cork Farmers' Association: Organising secretary 1949
Functions in agricultural institutions
National Farmers' Association: Member of the presidential committee/'council of war' 1966, member and secretary of the organising committee 1955; Cork Farmers' Union: Member; IFAP: Chairman of the organisation and finance committee; Agricultural Institute Commission: Secretary 1955-; Agricultural Relations Board: Supervisor of the rural-urban relations committee 1977-, general secretary -1977, farmers representative 1978-1987; Irish Farmers' Journal: Representative of Macra na Feirme
Functions in other institutions
Political activities
Short Biography
References
Own publications
- Healy, Sean and Louis P. F. Smith, Farm organisations in Ireland, Dublin 1996
Sources
- Healy, Sean and Louis P. F. Smith, Farm organisations in Ireland, Dublin 1996, p. 1, 12, 44, 46, 49f, 54, 67, 76, 145, 184, 255
- Irish Farmer’s Journal, 24.06.1950, p. 1; 24.05.1952, p. 1; 31.10.1950, p. 1; 26.02.1955, p. 1; 4.06.1955, p. 12; 9.07.1955, p. 2; 23.07.1955, p. 12
- Miley, Jim, A Voice for the Country: 50 years of Macra na Feirme, Dublin 1994, p. 58