Maria Caraher
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Life
Born in Cullyhanna, County Armagh, Northern Ireland to a republican family, she joined Sinn Féin, as did her brothers Michael and Fergal. Fergal was killed in disputed circumstances at a Royal Marines checkpoint in 1990, while Michael was convicted of involvement in the South Armagh Sniper group of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, which killed seven British soldiers and two police officers.[1]
In 1996, Caraher was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in Newry and Armagh, but she did not stand in the subsequent 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[2]
In 1999, Caraher went on a speaking tour of the United States as a representative of the South Amargh Farmers and Residents Committee.[3]
Caraher was principal of Bunscoil an Iúir, an Irish language school in Newry,[4] leaving the role in June 2018.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
References
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- ↑ Gerry Moriarty, "'Those people who murdered Paul will have that on their conscience' Script error: No such module "webarchive".", Irish Times, 15 December 2007
- ↑ Newry and Armagh, Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ Cari Zall, "US welcomes South Armagh Farmers and Residents", An Phoblacht, 11 February 1999
- ↑ "Praise heaped on Irish-language nursery school Script error: No such module "webarchive".", Newry Democrat, 29 March 2006
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