Community stalwart and former Swim Ireland President on life’s rich tapestry and turns - Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune

Community stalwart and former Swim Ireland President on life’s rich tapestry and turns - Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune

Doughiska resident and Milltown native Peter Brennan was named after his uncle Pete, a prominent IRA intelligence officer in North Galway. Peter’s father, Patrick, was an IRA man, too, who was once beaten up by the Black and Tans. Pete was on the anti-Treaty side of the Civil War, while Patrick was an ardent supporter of Mick Donnellan, who, in 1938, became founder and first leader of the farmers’ party, Clann na Talmhan. Peter was the youngest …