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Patrick "Paddy" Agnew
(born 8 March 1955) is a former IRA member (
volunteer
) and was elected to
Dáil Éireann
during the
1981 Irish hunger strike
.
Agnew was born in
Dundalk
,
County Louth
,
Ireland
in 1955. His grandfather, was also an Irish republican and an internee during the
Irish War of Independence
. He was imprisoned at
Portlaoise
,
Mountjoy
,
Crumlin Road
and the H-Blocks of
Long Kesh
. He was a protesting prisoner in the H-Blocks.
Although he was not on hunger strike, he was elected as a TD for
Louth
at the
1981 general election
, topping the poll. This was along with
Kieran Doherty
, who was elected in
Cavan–Monaghan
and died on hunger strike.
Agnew was released from jail in 1986 and joined the Gerard Halpenny
Sinn Féin
Cumann in Dundalk where he remains an active member of the party. He also wrote for
Vincent Browne
's
Magill Magazine
.
See also
List of imprisoned members of the Oireachtas
References
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