Mary Shields is a local politician who was a

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil ( ; ; meaning "Soldiers of Destiny" or "Warriors of Fál"), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (), is a centre to centre-right political party in Ireland. Founded as a republican party in 1926 by Éamon de ...

councillor on

Cork City Council Cork City Council () is the local authority of the city of Cork in Ireland. As a city council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. Before 1 January 2002, the council was known as Cork Corporation. The council is responsible for ho ...

representing the Cork South West Local Electoral Area. She was first elected at the

1999 Irish local elections The 1999 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 11 June 1999, on the same day as the European elections. Ireland was divided into local government areas of administrative counties and cou ...

and retained her seat at each subsequent election through to 2014. From the

Bishopstown Bishopstown () is a suburb of Cork, located in the south west of the city. It is made-up of the townlands of Ballineaspigbeg and Ballineaspigmore (sometimes spelled Ballinaspigmore), and is located in the civil parish of St. Finbar's in the hi ...

area of Cork she is a stay-at-home-mother. She served as

Lord Mayor of Cork The Lord Mayor of Cork () is the honorific title of the Chairperson () of Cork City Council which is the local government body for the city of Cork in Ireland. The office holder is elected annually by the members of the Council. The incumbent ...

from 2014 to 2015, succeeding Catherine Clancy. This was the first time in Cork's history that two women had succeeded each other to the office of Lord Mayor.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shields, Mary Living people Fianna Fáil local councillors Members of Cork City Council Lord mayors of Cork Year of birth missing (living people) Women mayors of places in Ireland