Paddy Agnew (Irish republican)

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Paddy Agnew (Irish language: Pádraig Ó Gnímh; born 8 March 1955) is a former IRA member (volunteer) and was elected to Dáil Éireann during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.

He was a protesting prisoner in the H-Blocks who came from County Louth in the Republic of Ireland.

Although he was not on hunger strike, he was elected as a TD for Louth in 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.

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