Hugh Gibbons

Hugh Gibbons (6 July 1916 – 14 November 2007) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who sat in Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for twelve years, from 1965 to 1977.

He was born 6 July 1916 in Ballybeg, Strokestown, County Roscommon, the fourth child of Luke Gibbons and his wife Ellen (née Egan).

In 1934 he won a scholarship to University College Galway and passed his final medical exams in December 1940.

[4] He also played for and co founded St Ronan's GAA club in North Roscommon.

His son, Brian Gibbons was the Labour Party Welsh Assembly Member for Aberavon from 1999 to 2010.