Background
Greene was born at the family home at the Fishmarket Public, Spanish Architecture. His father was Coleman Greene of Carna and his mother was Julia McGrath from Newcastle.
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Peter Greene
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He represented the East Ward on the Urban Council from 1934. As Mayor, he opened the first Galway Oyster Festival in September 1954. He was also Mayor during the K.L.M. Hugo de Groot disaster in August 1958, of which there were no survivors.
Only thirty-four bodies were recovered.
lieutenant was formally presented to the Mayor by the Dutch Ambassador in the city"s Great Southern Hotel.
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Membership
He was a member of the Old Irish Republican Army from 1917 to 1926, when he joined Fianna Fáil.
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December 21, 1963 (aged 68)