Frank's given 70 years to Milltown and isn't done yet

SEVENTY years have passed since Frank Glynn first arrived in Milltown but the following decades have seen him leave an indelible mark on the small north Galway village.

A renowned businessman and passionate politician, Frank's legacy to his adopted homeland will no doubt be the continuing community activism that belies his 82 years.

Born in Kilkerrin in 1935, the third of William and Ellen's seven children, Frank was encouraged to take over a great uncle's premises in Milltown while he was still studying commerce at University College Galway.

“My father started his shop in 1930 and my oldest brother Tom went on to take that over when he passed away in 1945. So when my mother was offered the business in Milltown by her uncle, Pat Noone, she took it on as they wanted to keep it in the family,†he explains.

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