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The by-election held in Fermanagh and South Tyrone on 9 April 1981 is considered by many to be the most significant by-election held in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.[1][2][3][4][5] It saw the first electoral victory for militant Irish republicanism, which the following year entered electoral politics in full force as Sinn Féin. The successful candidate was the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, who died twenty-six days later.
The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting MP, Frank Maguire.[5]
- ^ "one of the most significant elections in the history of Ireland", An Phoblacht, 22 April 2010
- ^ "Obituary: Harry West". The Indepenfdent. 7 February 2004. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Northern Ireland 1963-1998 Queen's University Belfast". Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "for a lot of Republicans that election result changed the world", Sinn Féin:A hundred turbulent years, p291 Brian Feeney
- ^ a b "Fermanagh and South Tyrone 1973-1982". www.ark.ac.uk.
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