Background
King was born in the family home on Forster Street, but was in fact descended from a very old and prominent Claddagh family, his grandfather been Padge King, King of the Claddagh.
King was born in the family home on Forster Street, but was in fact descended from a very old and prominent Claddagh family, his grandfather been Padge King, King of the Claddagh.
In 1986, John Francis King went on to open John Fitzgerald Kennedy Bookbinders in Sandy Road Centre, Galway. He was elected to the Corporation as an Independent in June 1974, and acted as deputy-Mayor that year. Elected Mayor in 1978, his first civic duty was attending the twinning ceremony of Galway with Saint Louis at UCG on 4 July.
Prior to the engagement, King had made some notes for his speech which he left in his pocket.
When he began his speech, he found that one of the notes was black while the second contained the measurements for his new suit. He made a point ever afterwards never to have a pre-prepared speech.
An innovation of his term was the innovation of each councillor standing as deputy-Mayor for one month.