Former Dublin lord mayor Michael Donnelly left an estate valued at \u20ac1.9 million when he died in December 2004, according to papers published by the Probate Office.<\/p>\n
Donnelly, of Glendoher Park, Rathfarnham<\/a>, was a member of the Fianna F\u00e1il party, and served as a public representative for more than 30 years. <\/p>\n He was first elected to Dublin City Council<\/a> in 1985 and remained a member until he lost his seat in 2009. From 1990 to 1991 he held the office of Lord Mayor of Dublin.<\/p>\n In addition to serving at Dublin City Council he was a member of Seanad \u00c9ireann<\/a> from 1977 to 1981.<\/p>\n Donnelly was predeceased by his wife, Aileen, and was father to three sons.<\/p>\n An accountant by profession, he served as a director of Irish Life Assurance from June 1991 to May 2001. He also served as the chairman of the College of Commerce, a council member of the College of Technology Kevin Street, a council member of Dublin\u2019s VEC and honorary treasurer of Prisoners Aid Through Community Effort.<\/p>\n In other grants of probate, Dr Donal J Cotter of Temple Gardens, Dartry, Dublin, left an estate valued at \u20ac3.83 million when he died in June 2024, in his 99th year. <\/p>\n Cotter is remembered as a pioneer of child psychiatry in Ireland and practised at St James\u2019s Hospital until his retirement in 1990.<\/p>\n He edited The Chequerboard Boy (2016), a book detailing the psychological treatment of a young boy with scoliosis, and contributed to other publications on child psychiatry.<\/p>\n