Frank McManus (Irish politician)

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Frank McManus (born 16 August 1942) is an Irish nationalist activist and former Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons. [1]

Born in Kinawley, County Fermanagh, he is a brother of Father Seán McManus, the Irish-American lobbyist and Catholic priest, and Pat McManus, a member of the Irish Republican Army killed in an explosion in 1958. [2]

He received his secondary education at St. Michael's College, Enniskillen; he later attended Queen's University, Belfast before becoming a solicitor. In the late 1960s, he became the chair of the Fermanagh Civil Rights Association. [3]

McManus was elected at the 1970 general election, as the Unity candidate for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. On 3 July 1970 he swore the Oath of Allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II. [4] Following the introduction of internment, he chaired the meeting on 17 October 1971 where the Northern Resistance Movement was founded. [5] He lost the seat at the February 1974 general election to Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) candidate Harry West, when the Social Democratic and Labour Party also stood a candidate, which resulted in a split nationalist vote. In 1977, he was a founder member of the short-lived Irish Independence Party. [3]

He is a solicitor in Lisnaskea, and a trustee of the Fermanagh Trust. [6]

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References

  1. "Mr Frank McManus". Hansard. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. "True Republicans are successors of McManus, Crossan and Duffy" Archived 13 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Saoirse Irish Freedom, August 2008, p. 9
  3. 1 2 Who's Who of British MPs: Volume IV, 1945-1979 by Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees (Harvester, Brighton, 1979) ISBN   0-85527-335-6
  4. Journal of the House of Commons, Session 1970-71, p. 25
  5. Berresford Ellis, Peter (1985). A History of the Irish Working Class. Pluto Press.
  6. The Fermanagh Trust: Trustees. Accessed 14 July 2016.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone
1970–1974
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