Jewish Mayor(s) of Dublin

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Khaverim -- 

This is from the Irish Jewish Museum in Dublin:

The honour of having the first Jewish Mayor in Ireland goes to the town 
of Youghal in Co. Cork, where a Mr. William Annyas was elected to that 
position in 1555. Since then Sir Otto Yaffe was Lord Mayor of
Belfast in 1899 and Mr. Robert Briscoe was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1956 
and 1961, his son Mr. Ben Briscoe was Lord Mayor in 1988, and Mr. Gerald
Goldberg was Lord Mayor of Cork in 1977.

Following the 1992 General Election, three Jewish representatives were 
elected to Parliament - 

     Mr. Mervyn Taylor, T.D. Minister for Equality and Law Reform. 
     Mr. Ben Briscoe, T.D. 
     Mr. Alan Shatter, T.D. 

(Zach's note: T.D. stands for "Teachta Dála", pronounced "ty-OCH-ta 
DAW-la", which means "Delegate of the Dáil", or Parliament)


If you're interested, their website is at:
http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~zblocker/ijm/ijm.html

George (Irish on St. Patrick's Day and I like their soccer team) Robinson

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