Jimmy McClearn is an Irish politician serving as a

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County Councillor and the former

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from 2010 to 2011. A native of Killimor, McClern is a member of

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. He defeated

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’s Dermot Connolly for the position of Mayor in January 2010. 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

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area. He is married to Noreen and has three children.

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